Joint Letter to the House Committee on Natural Resources on the Social Cost

The Institute for Policy Integrity and other environmental groups oppose H.R. 3117, arguing that the act would force federal agencies to ignore or undervalue climate damages and hinder the use of scientifically sound Social Cost of Carbon estimates.

• The "Transparency and Honesty in Energy Regulations Act of 2017" (H.R. 3117) is viewed as an attempt to force federal agencies to either ignore or significantly undervalue the damages caused by climate change.
• The proposed act would obstruct the future application and creation of estimates for the Social Cost of Carbon that are based on scientific and economic soundness.
• The authors argue that implementing this act would lead to federal decision-making that does not sufficiently consider the significant economic and social impacts of climate change.

APA

Institute for Policy Integrity (2017). Joint Letter to the House Committee on Natural Resources on the Social Cost. https://policyintegrity.org/projects/update/joint-letter-to-the-house-committee-on-natural-resources-on-the-social-cost

Chicago

Institute for Policy Integrity. Joint Letter to the House Committee on Natural Resources on the Social Cost. 2017. https://policyintegrity.org/projects/update/joint-letter-to-the-house-committee-on-natural-resources-on-the-social-cost.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{instituteforpolicyintegrity2017joint, author = {{Institute for Policy Integrity}}, title = {{Joint Letter to the House Committee on Natural Resources on the Social Cost}}, publisher = {Institute for Policy Integrity}, year = {2017}, month = nov, url = {https://policyintegrity.org/projects/update/joint-letter-to-the-house-committee-on-natural-resources-on-the-social-cost}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }