DOJ Urges Court To Dismiss GOP States’ Challenge To Updating SCC

The Department of Justice (DOJ) is urging a federal district court to dismiss Republican-led states’ challenge to the Biden administration’s plan to update the social cost of carbon (SCC) metrics that bolster the justification for federal climate rules, arguing that the states lack standing to bring the suit and that the challenge is not ripe. The June 28 motion filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana in Louisiana, et al. v. Joe Biden, et al...