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- New analysis touts Cantwell-Collins climate bill – A new study by the Institute for Policy Integrity praises climate legislation sponsored by Sens. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) — a bill that has received less attention than the upcoming proposal by Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.).
- WEBINAR: Using the New Circular A-4 in Regulatory Advocacy – …new guidance on discounting —and EPA’s updated and compatible social cost of carbon valuations—can affect pending regulations. We familiarized stakeholders with these key tools for engaging in the regulatory process.
- 4 Things to Know About EPA’s New Climate Damage Metric – …costs society. A higher carbon value can help tip the scales in favor of a stronger regulatory option that delivers greater net benefits… “Agencies often leave a more stringent option on the table, even if their own analysis finds that it would yield greater net benefits,” said Max Sarinsky, a…
- Comments on Greenhouse Gas Emission Offsets from Rail Tie Wind Project – The Rail Tie Wind Project would offset approximately 900,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions annually compared to typical U.S. electric generation. We submitted comments encouraging the Western Area Power Administration to provide context for those emission offsets by using the social cost of greenhouse gases.
- White House Overhaul Paves Way for Stricter Regulations – …environment… “This update certainly supports higher valuations of the social cost of carbon because it is broadly consistent with the approach that EPA is taking,” said [Max] Sarinsky of NYU.
- 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…
- Facing the right costs would help us understand the value of reducing greenhouse gas emissions – In a paper published on 10 April 2014 in the leading peer-reviewed journal Nature, Professor Richard Revesz from New York University and distinguished co-authors argue that current values reported for the SCC are underestimated, due to inherent assumptions that current climate-economic models make about the time-dependence of future climate change…
- Positive Ruling in Case on BLM Climate Impacts Leasing – …environmental, public health, and social welfare costs of the RMPs, focusing on the social cost of greenhouse gases metric. The suit was brought by the Western Organization of Resource Councils, with other NGOs, against BLM for failing to conduct a sufficient analysis of the climate effects of possible fossil fuel…
- Comments to Virginia on Integrated Resource Planning – …and to monetize the associated climate damages using the Social Cost of Greenhouse Gas metrics. Such analysis is necessary to allow the Commission to rationally identify the most efficient plan option that advances social welfare for Virginia, and to allow ratepayers and citizens to better understand the environmental effects of…
- More on the nutty move by The New Republic to install misinformer Manzi as ‘in-house critic’ – Manzi makes several important concessions: he acknowledges that denying climate science is nonsense, that we face a genuine threat, and that we should take some steps to address that threat. But Manzi goes off track with his argument that the economics and science of climate change are insufficient to justify…