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- Federal Judge Halts Biden Admin From Using Social Cost of Carbon – "This injunction is extraordinarily broad," Max Sarinsky, an attorney at the Institute for Policy Integrity at NYU Law School, told Axios. "I think it will receive very, very close scrutiny on appeal."
- US Judge Strikes Down Biden Climate Damage Cost Estimate – Not fully accounting for carbon damages would skew any cost-benefit analysis of a proposed rule in favor of industry, said Max Sarinsky, a Senior Attorney at the Institute for Policy Integrity. He added that the social cost of carbon had been “instrumental” in allowing agencies to accurately judge how their…
- An Unprecedented Attack on Climate Science in the Courts – …the federal interagency working group’s ongoing assessment of the social cost of carbon, which estimates the incremental cost to society of a unit of greenhouse gas emissions.
- Louisiana Climate Lawsuit Is Parade of Damaging Mischaracterizations – A federal court in Louisiana heard oral argument Dec. 7 in a case brought by Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry (R) that is gaining national attention. The case seeks to prevent federal agencies from considering scientific estimates of climate change impacts. It could have profound consequences, but not the ones…
- FERC Chair Glick Calls for Tougher Reviews of Natural Gas Projects as Commission Staff Reject EPA Advice – …said issues like the social cost of carbon methodology, how the commission decides if a project is needed and what a "significant" amount of GHG emissions is are being tackled in the agency's broad review of its gas policy, and it is inappropriate for staff to consider them in the…
- UN Climate Report Expected to Drive U.S. Regulation, Litigation – …litigation, its biggest imprint will be on establishing a social cost of carbon, said Richard Revesz, a law professor and director of the Institute for Policy Integrity at NYU. “That’s the building block used to justify the stringency of regulation across many, many agencies,” he said.
- A Carbon Calculation: How Many Deaths Do Emissions Cause? – What is the cost of our carbon footprint — not just in dollars, but in lives? According to a paper published on Thursday, it is soberingly high, and perhaps high enough to help shift attitudes about how much we should spend on fighting climate change. Richard Revesz, a professor at…
- The Institute for Policy Integrity Advocates Broader Acceptance and Use of the Social Cost of Carbon – Richard Revesz is interviewed about the social cost of carbon and its crucial role in crafting smarter energy and climate policies. Justin Gundlach and Peter Howard discuss how the SCC can be further improved.
- EPA Urges FERC to Consider ‘Carbon Lock-In’ of Gas Pipelines, Stranded Assets – …certificate policy. Their comments suggested that FERC use the social cost of greenhouse gases as the best approach to assessing impacts of a proposed project's emissions.
- Improve the Social Cost of Carbon, Do Not Replace It – Recently, the Biden Administration called for a review and possible updating of the SCC to ensure that it reflects the latest science. Some observers, including two prominent economists, Nicholas Stern of the London School of Economics and Political Science and Joseph E. Stiglitz of Columbia University, argue that the SCC…