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Dear Maryland: It’s Time to Drive Clean Trucks and Buses

Union of Concerned Scientists

From more and more days of killer heat , to increased flooding and severe storms , to sea level rise , to ecosystem impacts in the Chesapeake Bay , Maryland has a huge stake in the climate. This feasible and commonsense regulation would result in 46.45 million metric tons of reduced greenhouse gas emissions through to 2050.

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Identifying the Means to an End: The Role of the Social Cost of Carbon

Arnold Porter

How much will global temperatures and sea levels rise, when will that occur, and exactly what effects they will have all are uncertain. For example, should costs imposed by US regulation of greenhouse gases be justified by including in the benefits the reduction of climate change impacts outside of the United States?