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Moved by Microwaves, Hunter Targets 'Social Cost of Carbon'
2013-06-29 03:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: California Republican Duncan Hunter has proposed a measure that would force the White House to seek comment on its use of its estimate of the economic costs of climate change in proposed regulations. The legislation, introduced in the House today, is aimed at preventing the kind of adjustment made by the Obama administration, which raised its so-called social cost of carbon to $38 a metric ton in 2015 from $23.80 as part of little- noticed standards for a kitchen appliance. The administration...
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