Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 26, 2024

Changes to discounting in cost-benefit analyses could mean considering more of the long-term benefits of regulations that slow climate change, and greater attention to regulations’ distributional effects can support stronger protections targeted at structurally marginalized communities.

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Regulations Clean Air Act Sea Level Politics 203

Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 26, 2024

Changes to discounting in cost-benefit analyses could mean considering more of the long-term benefits of regulations that slow climate change, and greater attention to regulations’ distributional effects can support stronger protections targeted at structurally marginalized communities.

Regulations 130

Regulations Clean Air Act Sea Level Politics 130

Law Columbia

MARCH 14, 2024

In the first months of 2024, legislators in four states— Maryland , Massachusetts , New York , and Vermont —have pushed for legislation that would collectively require large fossil fuel producers and refiners to pay for hundreds of billions of dollars of state-level climate adaptation infrastructure.

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