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- Title
US lowballs CO<sub>2</sub> damage costs.
- Authors
Pelley, Janet
- Abstract
The article examines the importance of the social cost of carbon (SCC) in determining the benefits of lower carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in the U.S. The analysis conducted by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) shows that regulatory impact analyses through SCC estimates could understate climate mitigation's benefits. The government has pegged SCC at 21 dollars per ton of CO2 emitted, but the analysis says that true cost could be nearly three times that amount.
- Subjects
UNITED States; EMISSIONS (Air pollution); CARBON dioxide; CARBON dioxide mitigation; CLIMATE change prevention; NATURAL Resources Defense Council
- Publication
Frontiers in Ecology & the Environment, 2011, Vol 9, Issue 2, p92
- ISSN
1540-9295
- Publication type
Article