Policy Think Tank to Update Social Cost of Carbon as Government Retreats

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Date

June 9, 2017

News Type

Media Highlight

Source

SNL Financial

"Resources for the Future, or RFF, a nonpartisan Washington, D.C.-based think tank that specializes in natural resources and the environment, has now launched an initiative to update the social cost of carbon in line with the Academies' recommendations, which advised ways to improve transparency and utilize the most up-to-date science."

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