Senate Democrats Back Biden Administration Governmentwide Social Cost of Carbon Directive
September 22, 2023
September 22, 2023
WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release:
Senate Democrats are lauding the Biden Administration's historic decision to begin requiring use of a social cost of carbon across government decision-making. A social cost of carbon is a science-based estimate of the damages caused by each ton of carbon pollution -- including property losses, increased health care costs, and other ha . . .
Senate Democrats are lauding the Biden Administration's historic decision to begin requiring use of a social cost of carbon across government decision-making. A social cost of carbon is a science-based estimate of the damages caused by each ton of carbon pollution -- including property losses, increased health care costs, and other ha . . .