States Urge Court To Block Use Of Interim Carbon ‘Costs,’ Citing ‘Command’

More than a dozen Republican-led states are urging an appellate court to overturn a district court decision to dismiss their challenge to the Biden administration’s use of the social cost of carbon (SCC) metric, arguing the lower court overlooked the fact that a Biden executive order (EO) on the issue “purports to give a binding command to state agencies.” The states’ Dec. 3 opening brief in Missouri, et al. v. Joseph Biden, et al., pending in the U.S. Court...