A Louisiana federal judge seemed unsure Tuesday whether President Joe Biden had the authority for an executive order directing agencies to use interim estimates on the social costs of greenhouse gas emissions.
The estimates at issue calculate the cost of increased carbon, nitrous oxide, and methane emissions. Biden’s executive order issued in January said agencies “shall use” those estimates when “monetizing the value of changes in greenhouse gas emissions resulting from regulations and other relevant agency actions” until the final estimates are issued.
Western District of Louisiana Judge James D. Cain Jr. questioned during a hearing whether Biden “overstepped his ...
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