Environmentalists Urge FAR To Use SCC, Other Steps To ‘Green’ Acquisition

Environmental groups are pushing the Defense Department (DOD) and other agencies that conduct the bulk of the federal government’s procurement to take multiple steps to incorporate climate and other environmental costs into their purchasing decisions, arguing this is necessary to help achieve the Biden administration’s climate change goals. Part of this advocacy includes urging the Federal Acquisition Regulatory (FAR) Council to incorporate the social cost of carbon (SCC) metric into procurement processes, though environmental groups are also urging officials to...