States Are Using Social Cost of Carbon in Energy Decisions, Despite Trump's Views

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By Peter FairleyAug 14, 2017, 5:20 am221 pts
The climate metric, maligned by the Trump administration, helps build the cost of future climate harms into state electricity plans and markets. By Peter Fairley The social cost of carbon was an arcane but important tool in the federal climate toolbox until President Donald Trump targeted it in his…

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