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- White House Underestimated Carbon’s Social Cost—Analysis – The Obama administration’s controversial social cost of carbon underestimates the economic damage done by carbon dioxide emissions by ignoring some of warming’s effects on health and resource availability, according to a report released today by New York University’s Institute for Policy Integrity, the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Environmental…
- ‘Social Cost of Carbon’ Too Low, Report Says – …much a ton of carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere costs, including decreased agricultural productivity, damage from rising sea levels and harm to human health related to climate change. The Obama administration updated that figure, known as the “social cost of carbon,” in November. But a report released Thursday argues…
- Social Cost of Carbon Figure Too Low to Reflect Harms, Environmental Groups Say – …science that produced a social cost of carbon figure that is too conservative, environmental groups said Feb. 26. “This estimate should be regarded as the lower bound on the true number,” Richard Revesz, director of the Institute for Policy Integrity at the New York University School of Law, told reporters.…
- Social Cost of Carbon Deadline Spurs Clash of Ideas – …administration’s estimate for the social cost of carbon before the public comment period ended. In a conference call, Institute for Policy Integrity Director Richard Revesz said that the fact OMB offered a public comment period on the SCC demonstrated that the administration had “bent over backward” to give parties on…
- ‘Social Cost’ of Carbon Emissions Rising but Still Underestimated, Experts Warn – …$37 per tonne of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere, according to an updated estimate by the U.S. government. The Obama administration’s cost-of-carbon figure has been put to use in a variety of ways, including to justify energy efficiency rules put out by the Department of Energy, said Richard Revesz,…
- Greenhouse-Gas Fight Escalates – The administration has used “the most mainstream, the most well-validated, the most broadly accepted methodology for assigning benefits,” said Michael Livermore, a cost-benefit expert at the University of Virginia law school. He said “the entire process has been on the record.”
- WSJ Contradicts Experts On Social Cost Of Carbon – …Administration To Assign A Social Cost Of Carbon Above $0. New York University School of Law’s Institute for Policy Integrity noted that a court chastised the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in 2007 for assigning a social cost of carbon of $0 in setting fuel economy standards, and that…
- Social cost of carbon an important part of equation – According to Michael Livermore, executive director of the Institute for Policy Integrity, the legal requirement for cost-benefit analysis is at the heart of the issue. Beginning under the Reagan administration, proposed government regulations must be submitted to review by a little-known office called the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.
- As Concerns Mount, Environmentalists Seek To Raise Carbon ‘Cost’ Estimate – …default estimate of the social cost of carbon (SCC), believing it will strengthen the case for strict greenhouse gas (GHG) rules and other emission controls just as concerns about irreversible climate change due to the emissions are mounting. The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Environmental Defense Fund and the Institute…
- Wrapped Up in Politics, Granddaddy of Cap-and-Trade Plans has an Uncertain Future – Michael Livermore, the executive director of New York University’s Institute for Policy Integrity, said it would be a mistake to give that up just because critics would raise the specter of cap and trade. “If we ever want to get serious about greenhouse gas reductions, it will include these kinds…