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- Supporting the Social Cost of Carbon – The Social Cost of Carbon (SCC) is the best available estimate of the damage done by each ton of carbon dioxide that is released into the air, and this metric is a critical tool that decisionmakers can use to evaluate the climate impacts of policy choices. Policy Integrity has been…
- August 2016 at Policy Integrity – August 2016 at Policy Integrity: Court Rules on Social Cost of Carbon; Brief for Ozone Case; Hein Congressional Testimony; Regulating Toxic Chemicals; New Paper on Global Social Cost of Carbon
- How a Recent Court Ruling Could Transform Energy Policy – …Seventh Circuit has formally endorsed the use of the social cost of carbon, it could become one of the primary tools used to shape policies on environmental regulation, energy efficiency, natural resource leasing, and environmental impact quantification.
- Comments on New York State Clean Energy Standard Petitions – …system based on the Social Cost of Carbon (“SCC”). Various parties submitted petitions for rehearing or clarification, and criticized the Order on a variety of grounds. Among other criticisms, challengers argue that it was inappropriate for the Commission to use the SCC to value the zero‐emission attributes of nuclear energy…
- Richard L. Revesz – Richard L. Revesz is one of the nation’s leading experts in the fields of environmental and regulatory law and policy. Revesz is the Lawrence King Professor of Law and Dean Emeritus at the New York University School of Law, where he founded and directs the Institute for Policy Integrity, a…
- November 2016 at Policy Integrity – November 2016 at Policy Integrity: Strengthening Regulatory Review, Environmental Policy Under the Trump Administration, Measuring Flood Risk, Social Cost of Carbon Comments to DOE, In the News: Standing Rock, Clean Power Plan
- Comments on the Department of Energy’s Use of the Social Cost of Carbon – …Energy (DOE) used the Social Cost of Carbon (SCC) to value the climate benefits of more efficient technologies. DOE did not, however, incorporate this benefit for other greenhouse gases such as methane. We recently submitted joint comments with the Environmental Defense Fund, Natural Resources Defense Council, and Union of Concerned…
- Comments to California Air Resources Board on 2030 Target Scoping Plan Draft – This summer, California extended its greenhouse gas emissions reduction program to 2030 with two companion bills. The legislation modifies how the Air Resources Board (ARB), the state agency responsible for regulating air pollution, should assess proposed policy measures and prioritize goals in designing regulations. ARB staff released a preliminary draft…
- The Coming Battle Between Economists and the Trump Team Over the True Cost of Climate Change – The new administration almost certainly couldn’t make any major changes without providing adequate scientific and economic justification, said Richard Revesz, a law professor and dean emeritus of the New York University School of Law. Otherwise, the move would also likely be struck down in court as “arbitrary and capricious,” he…
- December 2016 at Policy Integrity – December 2016 at Policy Integrity: Brief for Carbon Standards Lawsuit; California Air Resources Board Comments; Revesz on Social Cost of Carbon Battle; Distributed Energy Valuation; Energy Storage