October 9, 2023–Written by John Egan for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)–When the U.S. House of Representatives reconvenes and selects a new leader, members of Congress will begin to engage with the Biden administration on a complex and controversial topic: estimating, and applying, a sharply higher Social Cost of Greenhouse Gas emissions (SC-GHG) to federal agency purchasing decisions.

Opponents charge this would be the first step to applying sharply higher SC-GHG fees to industrial projects requiring a federal permit, potentially alerting the cost-benefit calculation, and economic viability, of some projects.

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