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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. What we don’t avoid by reducing global warming emissions, we’ll have to make up for in climate resilience measures.

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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. The SCC then monetizes those impacts over time. The sheer breadth of this exercise is staggering, and necessarily creates substantial uncertainty.