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Report Finds Social Cost of Carbon Is $220 Per Ton
2015-01-16 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Business Green: How much does each ton of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere really cost us? Whether you're a corporate executive penciling out the costs of new emissions-reduction strategies or a government regulator evaluating the feasibility of a carbon tax, the idea of putting a concrete price on carbon permeates the field of sustainability. Now, a new paper by two Stanford University researchers contends that current government estimates of the "social cost of carbon" - a key metric of the economic...
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