Biden Administration Rebuts GOP Efforts To Stymie Carbon ‘Cost’ Metric

The Biden administration is urging the Supreme Court to refuse Republican states’ request to resume a block on the government’s use of the social cost of carbon (SCC) metric, rejecting the states’ claim that continued use of the tool to inform policies will cause them harm and instead arguing an injunction would harm the executive branch. The Justice Department (DOJ) in a May 9 filing to the high court urges the justices to continue to allow use of the SCC...