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EPA Releases Updated, Elevated Estimates for the Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases

Clean Energy Law

By Joshua Bledsoe , Kevin Homrighausen , and John Detrich On December 2, 2023, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a final report that substantially increases estimates of the social cost of greenhouse gases (GHG), including carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide (collectively, SC-GHG).

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The New Methane Emissions Charge: One (Limited but Important) Stick in the Inflation Reduction Act

Law Columbia

It is certainly true that the IRA uses “carrots” – principally in the form of tax credits – to incentivize actions that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions. billion for “grants, rebates, contracts, loans” and “other activities” to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the oil and natural gas sector. households currently pay $17.55

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New U.S. Climate Law Will Make Water Contamination Worse

Circle of Blue

Embedded in the new statute are more than $140 billion in direct payments and tax incentives for renewable fuels and cleaner electrical generation to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions 40 percent below 2005 levels by the end of the decade. In 2016, the U.S. By Keith Schneider Circle of Blue February 8, 2023 President Biden, U.S.

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PEC Blog: Pennsylvania Power Plant Greenhouse Gas Emissions Increased 9.6% In 2021

PA Environment Daily

increase in carbon dioxide pollution from the Commonwealth’s power plants between 2020 and 2021. Pennsylvania’s power generation sector is one of the nation’s largest — and thus, also, one of the biggest emitters of climate-changing greenhouse gases. Environmental Protection Agency show a startling 9.6%

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What Do Pig Pens Have To Do With Environmental Law?

Legal Planet

Finally, in recent years advocates of dormant Commerce Clause principles have advanced a third prong of the constitutional standard: that state and local governments should not be permitted to regulate “extraterritorially”–i.e., beyond their political borders. In North Dakota v. Heydinger , for example, the U.S.

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The “Social Cost of Carbon” is Back

Greenbuilding Law

Viewed in context, to address climate change, the federal government has developed monetary estimates on the cost to reduce carbon dioxide as part of assessing the costs and benefits of government actions. In 2016 the cost was set by the Obama Administration at $36 per ton. Environmental Protection Agency.”.

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Something Stinks: California Must End Manure Biomethane Accounting Gimmicks in its Low Carbon Fuel Standard

Union of Concerned Scientists

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is considering amendments to its Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) regulation, but indicated they have no plans to address the problems caused by counter-productive subsidies for manure biomethane. Each credit one metric ton of carbon dioxide equivalent pollution below the standard.