8th Circuit Denies En Banc Review Of Republican States’ SCC Challenge

The full U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit has denied a request from Republican-led states to reconsider a three-judge panel’s decision dismissing the states’ lawsuit targeting the Biden administration’s social cost of carbon (SCC) tool, a move that could clear the way for the states to urge the Supreme Court to review the case. “The petition for rehearing en banc is denied. The petition for rehearing by the panel is also denied,” says a Jan. 27 order...