Biden Rejoins Paris Climate Accord, Works to Overturn Trump's Climate Policies

The Washington Post quotes Kevin Rennert, director of RFF's Social Cost of Carbon Initiative, in an Inauguration Day story about Biden's environmental actions.

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Date

Jan. 20, 2021

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Media Highlight

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The Washington Post

"Many economists suggest that the Biden administration start at $125 per ton to better reflect new research on the economic damage of climate change and market realities.

'It is the one way you can uniformly incorporate the cost of climate change into decisions across all of government,' Kevin Rennert, who directs the Social Cost of Carbon Initiative at the environmental think tank Resources for the Future, said in an interview."

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Social Cost of Carbon

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Kevin Rennert

Fellow; Director, Federal Climate Policy Initiative

Kevin Rennert is a fellow at RFF. He also serves as director of the Comprehensive Climate Strategies Program and the Federal Climate Policy Initiative.

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