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Biden hikes cost of carbon, easing path for new climate rules
Politico: Biden hikes cost of carbon, easing path for new climate rules.
President Joe Biden on Friday restored an Obama-era calculation on the economic cost of greenhouse gases, a step that will make it easier for his agencies to approve aggressive actions to confront climate change.
But the […]
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Biden raises social cost of carbon, restoring key climate policy tool slashed by Trump
CBS News: Biden raises social cost of carbon, restoring key climate policy tool slashed by Trump. President Biden on Friday raised the social cost of carbon, a little-known but important number that informs a wide range of policies regulating industry and energy production. Mr. Biden’s action restores the number to […]
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Report: Trump Boosts Deregulation by Undervaluing Cost of Climate Change
The New York Times discusses a GAO report – Trump Boosts Deregulation by Undervaluing Cost of Climate Change. The Government Accountability Office has found that the Trump administration is undervaluing the cost of climate change to boost its deregulatory efforts.
A federal report released on Tuesday found the Trump […]
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Report: The Trump administration cooks the climate change numbers once again
The Hill discusses how the Trump administration cooks the climate change numbers once again.
In its campaign against action on greenhouse gas emissions, one of the more subtle moves by the Trump administration is its manipulation of the Social Cost of Carbon (SCC). This number is used to represent the […]
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