by Megan Boutwell (Stillwater Associates) The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) provides for a two-phased approach to incentivize sustainable aviation fuel
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Back TO HOMEWhy EPA’s Huge Social Cost of Carbon Might Fail to Halt CO2
by Jean Chemnick (E&E Climatewire) EPA is about to finalize a sky-high value for carbon that could be used whenever the
March 09, 2023 Read Full Article
Senate Committee Considers National Clean Fuel Standard
by Mike Lee (E&E News Climatewire) A federal standard has "enormous potential" if it improves on state-level programs, industry and
February 16, 2023 Read Full Article
EPA Floats Sharp Increase to Social Cost of Carbon
by Niina H Farah and Lesley Clark (Politico) The agency quietly proposed a new price tag for the damages caused
November 21, 2022 Read Full Article
Missouri Loses Appeal Challenging Biden’s Social Cost of Carbon
by Alex Guillén (Politico Pro) The ruling marks the second red state lawsuit against the regulatory metric to fall short.
October 21, 2022 Read Full Article
Costs Associated with Carbon Emissions Three Times Federal Estimate: Study
by Zack Budryk (The Hill) The social cost of carbon is significantly higher than the federal estimate, according to a study published Thursday in
September 02, 2022 Read Full Article
Supreme Court Rejects Red States' Plea to Block Biden Climate Metric
by Alex Guillen (Politico) -The decision means the White House can move forward with its plans to overhaul and likely
May 27, 2022 Read Full Article
Court Ruling on Social Cost of Carbon Upends Biden’s Climate Plans
by Maxine Joselow (Washington Post) A recent court ruling that bars the Biden administration from accounting for the real-world costs
February 22, 2022 Read Full Article
Auto Rule Targeted after Climate Injunction
by Matthew Choi (Politico's Morning Energy) The fallout has started arriving following last week's court order blocking the Biden administration from
February 16, 2022 Read Full Article
Request for Nominations of Experts for the Review of Technical Support Document for the Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases DEADLINE February 15, 2022
(Environmental Protection Agency/Federal Register) The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) National Center for Environmental Economics (NCEE), on behalf of the co-chairs of
January 25, 2022 Read Full Article
U.S. to Sharply Cut Methane Pollution that Threatens the Climate and Public Health Public Comments DEADLINE: January 31, 2022
(Environmental Protection Agency) Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) took an important step forward to advance President Biden’s commitment to
November 02, 2021 Read Full Article
RFA Stresses Tech-Neutral, Market-Based Approach to California Emissions Reduction
(Renewable Fuels Association) In comments submitted late last week, the Renewable Fuels Association reminded the California Air Resources Board that the state’s path
October 26, 2021 Read Full Article
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards for Model Years 2024-2026 Passenger Cars and Light Trucks Public Comment DEADLINE: September 27, 2021 Hearing: August 25, 2021
(National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) NHTSA, on behalf of the Department of Transportation, is proposing revised fuel economy standards for
August 13, 2021 Read Full Article
Study: Cost of Carbon Emissions Measured in Lives Lost Is High
by Andrew Freedman (Axios) ... Adding projected heat-related deaths into cost-benefit analysis of federal rules would tilt policymaking in favor of
July 29, 2021 Read Full Article
Biden Is Hiking the Cost of Carbon. It Will Change How the U.S. Tackles Global Warming.
by Juliet Eilperin and Brady Dennis (Washington Post) President Biden on Friday dramatically altered the way the U.S. government calculates the real-world
February 26, 2021 Read Full Article
Researchers Challenge the CRP Status Quo to Mitigate Fossil Fuels
(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment/Phys.Org) ... (A)llocating CRP land for high-yielding energy biomass might
February 26, 2021 Read Full Article
Social Distance, Meet Social Carbon
by Zack Coleman (Politico's Morning Energy) The White House is expected to sharply raise the government’s calculation of how much
February 19, 2021 Read Full Article
John Kerry's Climate Plan, in His Own Words: In an Interview with Amanda Little, He Promises a "Total Rethink" and Trillions in Global Investment as He Works to Speed the Shift from Fossil Fuels.
by Amanda Little (Bloomberg Opinion) As President Joe Biden's Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, John Kerry will play perhaps the
January 29, 2021 Read Full Article
Updating the United States Government’s Social Cost of Carbon
by Michael Greenstone and Tamma Carleton (Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago) This paper outlines a two-step process to
January 20, 2021 Read Full Article
Updating the Social Cost of Carbon
by Kelsey Tamborrino (Politico's Morning Energy) New analysis this morning recommends a two-step approach for the Biden administration to immediately
January 16, 2021 Read Full Article
Biden Climate Team Says It Underestimated Trump's Damage
by Adam Aton (E&E News) President-elect Joe Biden's transition team says the Trump administration has done more damage than anticipated to
January 07, 2021 Read Full Article
ESG Investing and the Bioeconomy: Part 1 – Impact and ESG Investing Through the Financier’s Eyes
by Cynthia Thyfault and Gerard J. Ostheimer (Global Biofuture Solutions/Biofuels Digest) Due to a wide range of global challenges including climate
August 26, 2020 Read Full Article
Trump Administration Has Been Underestimating Costs of Carbon Pollution, Government Watchdog Finds
by Rebecca Beitsch (The Hill) The Trump administration has been systematically underestimating the damage caused by carbon pollution, slashing figures used
July 14, 2020 Read Full Article
Country-Level Social Cost of Carbon
by Katharine Ricke, Laurent Drouet, Ken Caldeira and Massimo Tavoni (Nature Climate Change) The social cost of carbon (SCC) is a commonly
October 03, 2018 Read Full Article
Emissions, Energy, and Economic Implications of the Curbelo Carbon Tax Proposal
(Columbia University's Center on Global Energy Policy) In July 2018 Representative Carlos Curbelo proposed legislation that would put a price on
July 23, 2018 Read Full Article
How Induced Innovation Lowers the Cost of a Carbon Tax
by Joe Kennedy (Information Technology and Innovation Foundation) Evidence shows a carbon tax will induce innovation that will lower the cost
June 25, 2018 Read Full Article
GAO to Look into Trump's Reduction of Carbon Social Costs
by Miranda Green (The Hill) A government watchdog has agreed to review the Trump administration's method for calculating the social cost
June 18, 2018 Read Full Article
EPA to Change How It Considers Costs, Benefits of Regulations COMMENTS DEADLINE: July 13, 2018
by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine) On June 7, the U.S. EPA issued an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking, announcing the
June 08, 2018 Read Full Article
Drills and Pipelines May Pollute Our Climate but Words Will Break or Make Us
by Michael Eggleston* (Advanced Biofuels USA) Carbon is the backbone of the fossil-based economy and feedstock to a bio-based economy.
May 03, 2018 Read Full Article
California Says a Car-Emissions Deal With Trump Could Be Doable
by Mark Chediak, Ryan Beene, and John Lippert (Bloomberg) ‘Reason could prevail,’ chair of Air Resources Board says; State is considering a
April 11, 2018 Read Full Article
EPA Publishes CAFE Standards Mid-Term Evaluation Final Determination
(U.S. Environmental Protection Agency) On April 2, 2018, the Administrator signed the Mid-term Evaluation Final Determination which finds that the model
April 02, 2018 Read Full Article
Regulating Indirect Land Use Carbon Emissions Carries Cost to Consumers
by Deborah Gertz Husar (Herald-Whig) ... University of Illinois agricultural economist Madhu Khanna said the low-carbon fuel standard creates incentives to
December 30, 2017 Read Full Article
Schneiderman Backs Carbon Tax
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman became the first New York statewide elected official to back a carbon tax this
December 27, 2017 Read Full Article
GAO to Look at Social Cost of Carbon
by Arianna Skibell (E&E News) An independent government watchdog has agreed to examine how the Trump administration uses the social cost
December 22, 2017 Read Full Article
Mail Call! Don't Turn the Car (Standards) Around
by Anthony Adragna (Politico's Morning Energy) At least 22 Democratic senators, led by Ed Markey, Sheldon Whitehouse and Kamala Harris
December 06, 2017 Read Full Article
True “Social Cost Of Carbon” Is More Than Double Earlier Estimates, Study Finds
by James Ayre (Clean Technica) The true “social cost of carbon” is more than double earlier estimates — with even just
November 30, 2017 Read Full Article
Does Regulating Indirect Land Use Change Work? The Digest’s 2017 Multi-Slide Guide to ILUC Reform
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana professor Madhu Khanna has been raising issues with including an indirect land
November 20, 2017 Read Full Article
Failure to Set Cost of Carbon Hampers Trump’s Effort to Expand Use of Fossil Fuels
by Andrew Revkin (ProPublica) The Trump administration plans to sharply reduce the government’s estimate of how much each ton of carbon
August 28, 2017 Read Full Article
Cash for Carbon: A Randomized Trial of Payments for Ecosystem Services to Reduce Deforestation
by Seema Jayachandran, Joost de Laat, Eric F. Lambin, Charlotte Y. Stanton, Robin Audy, Nancy E. Thomas (Science Magazine) Trees take
July 21, 2017 Read Full Article
Regulating the Indirect Land Use Carbon Emissions from Biofuels Imposes High Hidden Costs on Fuel Consumers
(Phys.Org/ University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) ... To penalize the carbon emissions from this so-called indirect land use change, the USEPA
June 28, 2017 Read Full Article
Updating and Improving the Social Cost of Carbon
(Resources for the Future) The social cost of carbon is an economic tool used to quantify the societal benefits of reducing
June 09, 2017 Read Full Article
Trump Releases "An America First Energy Plan"
(White House) Energy is an essential part of American life and a staple of the world economy. The Trump Administration
January 20, 2017 Read Full Article
Scientists Have a New Way to Calculate What Global Warming Costs. Trump’s Team Isn’t Going to Like It.
by Chelsea Harvey (The Washington Post) How we view the costs of future climate change, and more importantly how we
January 13, 2017 Read Full Article
The Coming Battle between the Trump Team and Economists over the True Cost of Climate Change
by Chelsea Harvey (The Washington Post) ... It seems increasingly likely that the Trump administration would either alter, or attempt to stop using entirely,
December 22, 2016 Read Full Article
Blog: Competing with Sub $50 Oil - a Strategy for Biofuels
by Irshad Ahmed (Lee Enterprises Consulting/Biofuels International) If bioenergy represents a sustainable energy future for the planet, then why must it
September 03, 2016 Read Full Article
Court Upholds Obama's Social Cost of Carbon Accounting for Federal Regulations
by Robert Walton (Utility Dive) The Obama Administration has won a significant victory for its use of a social cost metric to
August 23, 2016 Read Full Article
Court Backs Obama’s Climate Change Accounting
by Timothy Cana (The Hill) A federal appeals court is upholding the Obama administration’s accounting of the costs of greenhouse
August 15, 2016 Read Full Article
Fossil Fuel Companies Impose More in Climate Costs than They Make in Profits
by David Roberts (Vox) ... People sometimes refer to the unpaid cost of carbon pollution as a subsidy, or an "implicit
July 06, 2016 Read Full Article
Proxy Carbon Pricing: A Tool for Fiscally Rational and Climate-Compatible Governance
by Alison Cassady and Gwynne Taraska (Center for American Progress) ... By putting a price on carbon, governments can
April 18, 2016 Read Full Article
Ted Cruz on Energy and Climate: Free Market Directions
by Robert Bradley Jr. (Master Resource) ... 1) Do you support ending all energy subsidies, including cleaning up the tax code
April 04, 2016 Read Full Article
Modeling Climate Change and its Social Costs
by Osaretin Oghomwen Omorodion* (Advanced Biofuels USA) On November 13th, the National Academies of Science's Division of Behavioral and Social
December 17, 2015 Read Full Article
Everyone’s Favorite Climate Change Fix
by Cristina Maza (The Christian Science Monitor) Economists, officials, and executives across the globe increasingly support carbon pricing to stem the
October 29, 2015 Read Full Article
Canada Could Slash CO2 Emissions with Existing Technologies, Proven Policies
by Emily Chung (CBC News) Regulation or pricing of emissions is key, Council of Canadian Academies suggests -- Canada could drastically
October 28, 2015 Read Full Article
Working Paper: Implementing Effective Carbon Pricing
by James Rydge (New Climate Economy) Support for carbon pricing is growing around the world. Governments, businesses and investors are
October 27, 2015 Read Full Article
After Pope’s Speech, House Turns to Bill That Bars Tallying “Social Cost” of Carbon
by Ben Geman (National Journal) ... Later Thursday, the House is slated to begin debating GOP legislation to streamline environmental analyses and
September 28, 2015 Read Full Article
EPA’s Estimate of the “Social Cost of Methane” Used to Justify New Source Performance Standards for the Oil and Natural Gas Industry
by Wayne J. D'Angelo (Fracking Insider) On Tuesday, August 18, 2015, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued proposed New Source