Why Bidens social cost of carbon is in legal trouble

Published: Feb. 14, 2022, 10 a.m.

On Friday, a federal judge in Louisiana blocked the Biden administration\u2019s social cost of carbon estimate, a metric used by the federal government to calculate the future economic impacts of present-day greenhouse gas reductions. POLITICO\u2019s Alex Guill\xe9n explains the judge\u2019s ruling and how it could impact Biden\u2019s green agenda.