GOP states renew push to block interim SCC update

July 7, 2021
Republican-led states are renewing their call for a federal district court to block the Biden administration from using its interim updates to the social cost of carbon (SCC) tool that supports climate regulations, rejecting the administration’s argument that their suit fails on standing grounds. In a July 2 reply brief in Missouri, et al. v. Biden, et al., in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, 13 GOP-led states argue that provisions in the revised SCC making...


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