Biden directive pushes wider use of climate cost metric in US agency actions
September 23, 2023 Comments Off
The White House on Sept. 21 stepped up its call for agencies to weigh climate costs in their decision making, including in environmental reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act. A new directive tells agencies to consider the social cost of greenhouse gas emissions — a metric for assessing damages GHGs cause across society — in developing their budgets and…
Biden directive pushes wider use of climate cost metric in US agency actions
The White House on Sept. 21 stepped up its call for agencies to weigh climate costs in their decision making, including in environmental reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act. A new directive tells agencies to consider the social cost of greenhouse gas emissions — a metric for assessing damages GHGs cause across society — in developing their budgets and…
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