Biden Administration Unleashes Powerful Regulatory Tool Aimed at Climate
www.nytimes.com
Its new estimate of the economic impact of climate change could create the legal justification for aggressive new regulations.

The higher the number, the greater the government’s justification for compelling polluters to reduce the emissions that are dangerously heating the planet. During the Obama administration, White House economists calculated the social cost of carbon at $42 a ton. The Trump administration lowered it to less than $5 a ton. Under President Biden, the cost was returned to Obama levels, adjusted for inflation and set at $51.

The new estimate of the social cost of carbon, making its debut in a legally binding federal regulation, is almost four times that amount: $190 a ton.

  • Funderpants @lemmy.ca
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    7 months ago

    No, actually, you can do much better than, charitably, mis-remembered hearsay. Especially considering how committed you seem to be to spreading misinformation. For example:

    https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2022/RCRIT-22V930-9322.pdf

    You can read the recall letter impacted owners got here, page 14, including the onerous instructions that owners schedule a service appointment. You’ll see, or actually not see, any instruction that vehicles not be used.