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Energy Transition: Investing in Emission Reduction vs. Purchasing Carbon Certificates: A Cost-Benefit Analysis

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The main agreements reached by the international community at COP28 (Dubai, 2023) included decisions to phase out the use of hydrocarbons, committing countries to: a) transition away from fossil fuels to achieve net-zero...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Energy & Climate Counsel

Biden Expands Consideration of Social Cost of Carbon by Federal Agencies

On September 21, 2023, the Biden administration outlined plans to expand federal agencies’ consideration of the social cost of carbon—a metric for the economic cost of each additional ton of carbon dioxide emitted to the...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law

The Social Cost of Carbon Lives! The Red States Have Nothing To Complain About

The Fifth Circuit has stayed an order blocking Biden administration use of the “Interim Estimates” of the social cost of greenhouse gases.  The Court did not leave much doubt that the administration will prevail on the...more

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The Biden Administration’s Approach to the Social Cost of Carbon

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As part of his comprehensive climate change agenda, President Biden convened a task force to assess the social cost of greenhouse gases. At the end of February, the task force published an interim report estimating the “cost”...more

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It’s the Externalities, Stupid — Climate Edition

Among the important provisions of President Biden’s Executive Order on Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science to Tackle the Climate Crisis is the requirement to review and revise estimates of the...more

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"Wrong place...wrong time" - Key implications of the Gloucester coal mine decision

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What happened? The Chief Judge of the NSW Land and Environment Court in Australia has upheld the decision of the NSW Minister for Planning's delegate to refuse planning approval for the proposed Rocky Hill Coal Project...more

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