US Rulemaking Policy Urges Global Climate Action, Official Says

The Biden administration’s bid to make agencies think about the global impacts of their proposed rules could spur other nations to take climate change more seriously, a top White House official said Tuesday.

“If we take a negative constant like climate change seriously, it’s more likely that they’ll take it seriously,” said Richard Revesz, head of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. “It’s a reaction function. And if they take it seriously, that confers benefits on the US, because the US is also hurt by greenhouse gas emissions in other countries.”

The White House proposed on April ...