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Appeals court revives Biden climate damage cost estimate

By KEVIN McGILL, MATTHEW BROWN and MATTHEW DALY, KEVIN McGILL, MATTHEW BROWN and MATTHEW DALY, Associated Press
Published: March 17, 2022, 12:27pm
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FILE - President Joe Biden speaks during the "Accelerating Clean Technology Innovation and Deployment" event at the COP26 U.N. Climate Summit, Nov. 2, 2021, in Glasgow, Scotland.  A federal appeals court has revived a Biden administration effort to put greater emphasis on potential damage from greenhouse gas emissions when creating rules for polluting industries. A Louisiana-based federal judge had blocked the so-called "social cost of carbon" policy last month, saying it would bring costly regulatory burdens and drive up energy costs.
FILE - President Joe Biden speaks during the "Accelerating Clean Technology Innovation and Deployment" event at the COP26 U.N. Climate Summit, Nov. 2, 2021, in Glasgow, Scotland. A federal appeals court has revived a Biden administration effort to put greater emphasis on potential damage from greenhouse gas emissions when creating rules for polluting industries. A Louisiana-based federal judge had blocked the so-called "social cost of carbon" policy last month, saying it would bring costly regulatory burdens and drive up energy costs. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, Pool, File) Photo Gallery

NEW ORLEANS — A federal appeals court has revived a Biden administration effort to account for potential damage from greenhouse gas emissions when creating rules for polluting industries.

A Louisiana-based federal judge had blocked the so-called “ social cost of carbon “ policy last month, saying it would bring costly regulatory burdens and drive up energy prices.

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