Republican States Ramp Up Lawsuits Over Biden’s Climate Agenda

Republican states are stepping up their attacks on the Biden administration’s climate plans, with a 10-state coalition suing over officials’ plans to revise the social cost of carbon (SCC) estimates while West Virginia is poised to ask the Supreme Court to reverse a ruling rejecting the Trump EPA’s narrow power plant greenhouse gas rule. The moves come as President Joe Biden this week held a high-profile climate summit to announce a new domestic goal of cutting GHGs by half over...