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- The Economic Cost of Carbon Pollution Is Much Greater Than Estimated, Say Stanford Researchers – “Results like this should give a pause that maybe we should start being more cautious,” Peter Howard, an economist at NYU Law School’s Institute for Policy Integrity, told VICE News. “Maybe this doesn’t happen, but if it does it could be quite costly, and we should take this risk into…
- Legal Brief on the Social Cost of Carbon – We recently filed an amicus brief in a federal court case challenging the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) new efficiency standards for commercial refrigeration equipment. The case, Zero Zone Inc. v. U.S. Department of Energy, will be heard by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
- July 2015 at Policy Integrity – July 2015 at Policy Integrity: NY Times Op-Ed on the Clean Power Plan, Report on Legal Aid and Domestic Violence, NYC’s Environmental Milestone, Social Cost of Carbon Legal Brief, Tribe’s Climate Claims, Spotlight: Michael Oppenheimer
- Comments on New York State’s “Reforming the Energy Vision” Initiative – …Commission sought comments on how best to develop a cost-benefit analysis framework to evaluate utility proposals within the REV and related proceedings. Our comments addressed the consideration of externalities and the social cost of carbon in the Commission’s cost-benefit analysis.
- Comments on Aircraft Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards – We recently submitted comments to the EPA regarding their endangerment finding and advance notice of proposed rulemaking on greenhouse gas emissions from aircraft.
- Let’s Cut All Energy Subsidies and Start Taxing Pollution – Energy subsidies have become a hot topic on the presidential campaign trail. Jeb Bush recently called for an end to all subsidies–those that support fossil fuels as well as those aiding renewable energy. Most Democrats in the presidential race support ending tax breaks for fossil-fuel companies, but believe that subsidies…
- Comments on Truck GHG Emissions – We recently submitted two sets of comments to the EPA and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on their greenhouse gas standards for trucks.
- Foreign Action, Domestic Windfall – Global actions on climate change have already helped the United States avoid more than $200 billion in direct economic damage. Trillions of dollars more for the United States are at stake in securing commitments for future emissions reductions from foreign countries.
- The Economic Climate – This working paper offers detailed analysis of our survey of economic experts on climate change issues. We surveyed all those who published an article on climate change in a highly ranked economics journal over the past 20 years. The survey focused on estimated climate impacts and appropriate policy responses, and…
- Comments on the Forest Service’s Use of the Social Cost of Carbon – …to use the Interagency Working Group’s estimates of the Social Cost of Carbon in its supplemental environmental impact statement are appropriate and necessary, its application of the metric is flawed in several respects.