Americas > ECOSYSTEM MARKETPLACE: Leading scientists, lawyers challenge Trump on Social Cost of Carbon

ECOSYSTEM MARKETPLACE: Leading scientists, lawyers challenge Trump on Social Cost of Carbon

Published 14:55 on August 18, 2017  /  Last updated at 13:40 on December 19, 2023  /  Americas, Carbon Taxes, Contributed Content, Other Content, US, Voluntary

Despite the Trump administration’s decision to withdraw the official estimate of the Social Cost of Carbon and disband the interagency working group that developed it, a group of prominent economists and lawyers have highlighted the metric’s continued validity for policymaking.
Despite the Trump administration’s decision to withdraw the official estimate of the Social Cost of Carbon and disband the interagency working group that developed it, a group of prominent economists and lawyers have highlighted the metric’s continued validity for policymaking.


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