Executive Order Deletes Social Cost Of Carbon From Official US Policy Considerations
The current administration is following the order of the Heritage Foundation by banning the use of social cost of carbon calculations.
The current administration is following the order of the Heritage Foundation by banning the use of social cost of carbon calculations.
The economic impact of global heating is greater than previously thought, according to research that includes ocean heating analysis.
Recently I pointed out that with Canada’s current social cost of carbon, the impacts of our oil, gas, and coal industries, about $250 billion CAD annually, are $85 billion CAD more than the annual revenues of those industries. We seem to be subsidizing climate destruction quite a bit. I also … [continued]
What is the social cost of carbon and how does it effect you?
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The social cost of carbon is the number that undergirds all federal climate protections. It is the cost of damages incurred by carbon dioxide — the heat-trapping gas seeping from cars, planes and power plants that’s wreaking havoc on the climate.