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- Conflict of Interest Uncovered in AB32 Study as Climate Law Battle Continues – “You have to look at everything, and no one looks at everything,” said Michael Livermore, director of the Institute for Policy Integrity at NYU Law School. Livermore recently co-authored a study on the economic impact of one of the environmental bills pending in the US Senate. “Some people think it’s…
- Study finds economic opportunities in Cantwell-Collins bill – Climate legislation from Sens. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) would give industry a consistent, predictable price signal for releasing greenhouse gases while also creating new demand for construction jobs, according to a study by the Institute for Policy Integrity at New York University School of Law. (Requires subscription.)
- Waxman-Markey: Benefits Far Outweigh Costs, New Study Finds – …for Policy Integrity, an outfit basically created to bring cost-benefit analysis back to the environmental arena. The upshot? As flawed as it may be, the Waxman-Markey climate bill makes economic sense, offering benefits worth at least twice as much as it costs, if not more.
- Comments to NHTSA on Proposed Car Standards – …also submitted joint comments on NHTSA's use of the social cost of carbon, recommending that the agency expand its justification of its discount rates and inclusion of global damages in the SCC.
- 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.
- Helping California Improve Energy Decisionmaking – …to conduct a societal cost test to determine the cost-effectiveness of DERs. Having been “persuaded by the arguments of the Institute for Policy Integrity,” the ruling will require utilities to calculate the climate benefits of DERs by using the Social Cost of Carbon estimate developed by the Interagency Working Group.…
- Comments to the Army Corps of Engineers on the Pebble Mine Project – We submitted joint comments on the Army Corps of Engineers’ environmental assessment of the Pebble Mine Project in southwest Alaska. The Corps quantifies greenhouse gas emissions from the project but fails to provide a monetized estimate of the climate damages those emissions will produce.
- 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…
- Gothenburg Scientist in Nature Journal: Climate Models Underestimate Costs to Future Generations – The seven scientists behind the article, due to be published 10 April, conclude that the reports by the UN climate panel serve an important function in setting the agenda for climate research. Yet the most important role of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is to inform the global…
- Court Ruling on Social Cost of Carbon Upends Biden’s Climate Plans – Richard Revesz, who directs the Institute for Policy Integrity at the New York University School of Law, said the Louisiana judge’s decision was “one of the most aggressive and ill-founded administrative law opinions” that he has read in recent years. Revesz called it “unprecedented” for a judge to intervene so…