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- CLEAR Act delivers, study says – The cap-and-dividend law drafted by Sens. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) will spur green energy investment while avoiding regional disparities, according to a new study by the Institute for Policy Integrity at New York University School of Law.
- February 2021 at Policy Integrity – …Climate-Related Financial Risk Biden Administration Kicks Off Updates to Social Cost of Carbon Hein to Help Lead White House Environmental Office Upcoming Event: Addressing the Social Costs of Driving A New Era for Regulatory Review Commentary: The Past, Present, and Future of U.S. Climate Policy Revesz Participates in Climate Policy…
- The Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases: A Guide for State Officials – …to weigh climate goals against other policy objectives. The social cost of greenhouse gases (SC-GHG) can help policymakers understand the costs and benefits of climate action and inaction. This new guide for state officials explains why the SC-GHG is a useful policy tool and how it can be applied.
- Comments to FERC on Lamar County Natural Gas Project – …submitted comments suggesting that FERC monetize climate impacts using social cost of carbon estimates. The proposed natural gas project would result in over $200 million in annual climate costs.
- Comments on Colorado’s Use of the Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases – …recent clean energy bill, providing more information on how social cost of greenhouse gases (SCGG) estimates will be used. We submitted comments encouraging best practices for SCGG application that will help CPUC monetize climate externalities and weigh the costs and benefits of various decisions.
- The Social Cost of Carbon: A Global Imperative – …a global number for Social Cost of Carbon, as developed by the Interagency Working Group on Social Cost of Carbon. First, the United States benefits tremendously if other countries set policy based on global rather than local effects. From a legal perspective, not only does international law—the U.N. Framework Convention…
- Comments to the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada on the Social Cost of Carbon – …how to define the social cost of carbon for the implementing regulation. Accordingly, we submitted supplemental comments to the PUC, discussing how the social cost of carbon is used by several other states, including in state electricity regulations and proceedings. We note that Colorado, Illinois, Maine, Minnesota, and New York…
- Analysis: Carbon Pricing in CLEAR Bill Will Generate U.S. Jobs – The Carbon Limits and Energy for America’s Renewal (CLEAR) Act, sponsored by Sens. Cantwell (D-Wash.) and Collins (R-Maine), would help to employ workers hit hardest by the housing bubble burst—generating jobs through increased consumer spending and green technology investment. These are some of the findings of an analysis released April…
- Comments to BLM on Lease Sales on Oklahoma and New Mexico – We recently submitted joint comments to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) about environmental assessments for three planned oil and gas lease sales in Oklahoma and New Mexico. BLM estimates and quantifies some direct, upstream, and downstream greenhouse gas emissions from the leasing plans, but fails to include a monetized…
- Comments to FERC on Putnam Expansion Project – …3.26 million metric tons carbon dioxide-equivalent each year. Our comments to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) focus on its environmental assessment of the project, which provides unclear and inadequate analysis of the emissions and their climate impacts. We urge FERC to monetize climate damages by using social cost of…