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- White House: Climate Law Could Reduce GHG Impact by $1.9T – …of society will be extraordinary. That’s exactly what the social cost of carbon shows.”
- FERC Pipeline Battle Erupts Over Social Cost of Carbon – A natural gas pipeline could face legal hurdles because the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission declined to respond to critiques about its greenhouse gas analysis, Republican members of the panel said Thursday. Jennifer Danis, federal energy policy director at the Institute for Policy Integrity at New York University School of Law,…
- Economist Peter Howard: “The Question Is Not Whether Climate Change Will Impact Gross Domestic Product, but By How Much.” – …and researcher on the social cost of carbon, Peter Howard's work tries to estimate the damages done to the environment and human health by CO2 emissions. Recently, Peter Howard published with his colleague Derek Sylvan the results of one of the largest polls of international economists who have analyzed various…
- Federal Court Rules Against Flawed, Domestic-Only Consideration of Climate Costs – …Trump Administration to have reduced the estimate of the social cost of methane from $1300 per ton down to just $176 per ton by excluding from consideration any climate effect occurring outside U.S. borders. Policy Integrity has worked for years to build the case against the so-called “domestic-only” estimate of…
- Supplemental Comments to CEQ on Climate Change Guidance – …Environmental Policy Act in which it endorsed using the social cost of carbon in environmental analysis. In this supplemental comment letter, we suggest that CEQ specifically endorse the Environmental Protection Agency’s newly-updated climate-damage values when it finalizes the interim guidance.
- Comments on New Jersey Rejoining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative – …proposing a new state carbon emissions trading program, which means it will rejoin the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). RGGI is a cooperative effort among northeastern states to reduce carbon emissions from the electric power sector through allowance trading. New Jersey previously left the initiative in 2011. RGGI expansion promises…
- Comments to the California Air Resources Board on its Cap-And-Trade Program – The California Air Resources Board (ARB) is extending and changing its cap-and-trade program for greenhouse gases. We recently submitted comments that outline ways the ARB can improve its proposed updates.
- Louisiana Climate Lawsuit Is Parade of Damaging Mischaracterizations – A federal court in Louisiana heard oral argument Dec. 7 in a case brought by Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry (R) that is gaining national attention. The case seeks to prevent federal agencies from considering scientific estimates of climate change impacts. It could have profound consequences, but not the ones…
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- New Mexico PRC Adopts Plan to Replace San Juan Coal Plant with Renewables Portfolio – In 2022, New Mexico’s largest utility company will retire the San Juan Generating Station, a coal-burning power plant that has operated since 1973. In light of the decision, the state’s Public Regulatory Commission (PRC) has adopted a plan to replace the plant’s power output with 100 percent renewable energy and…