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- National Academy of Sciences Reviews Social Cost of Carbon – The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is currently conducting a review of the methodologies used to calculate the Social Cost of Carbon (SCC). We submitted comments to NAS to help inform this process.
- Managing the Future of the Electricity Grid: Distributed Generation and Net Metering – As distributed energy generation is becoming increasingly common, the debate on how a utility’s customers should be compensated for the excess energy they sell back to the grid is intensifying. This article provides a thorough analysis of the benefits and the costs of distributed generation and highlights the analytical flaws…
- 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.
- 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…
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 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.
- 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.
- 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