Published 3 years ago

Biden is hiking the cost of carbon. It will change how the U.S. tackles global warming.

Summary by The Washington Post

President Biden on Friday dramatically altered the way the U.S. government calculates the real-world cost of climate change, a move that could reshape a range of consequential decisions, from whether to allow new coal leasing on federal land to what sort of steel is used in taxpayer-funded infrastructure projects.

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Yahoo News

Biden hikes cost of carbon, easing path for new climate rules

The social cost of carbon could have ripple effects throughout industry.

3 years ago·Los Angeles, United States

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Reuters

White House restores key climate measure calculating carbon's harm

The White House on Friday announced a major change in how the federal government will calculate and weigh the cost of climate change in its permitting, investment and regulatory decisions with a move to restore the "social cost of greenhouse gases," which had been slashed...

3 years ago·United Kingdom

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The Washington Post

Biden is hiking the cost of carbon. It will change how the U.S. tackles global warming.

President Biden is dramatically altering the way the U.S. government calculates the real-world cost of climate change. This approach could reshape a range of consequential decisions, from whether to allow new coal leasing on federal land to what sort of steel is used in taxpayer-funded infrastructure projects.

3 years ago

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Washington Examiner

Biden returns to Obama’s ‘social cost of carbon’ value for now

President Biden’s team is temporarily returning to numbers used by the Obama administration to assess the monetary benefits of policies curbing greenhouse gas emissions but with suggestions it will ratchet up the final values.

3 years ago·Washington, United States

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Bloomberg

Biden is hiking the cost of carbon. It will change how the U.S. tackles global warming.

3 years ago·United States

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Today

White House restores key climate measure calculating carbon's harm

WASHINGTON - The White House on Friday announced a major change in how the federal government will calculate and weigh the cost of climate change in its permitting, investment and regulatory decisions with a move to restore the

3 years ago·Singapore

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