September 17, 2012

U.S. underestimates costs of carbon pollution and climate change




Model used by government all but ignores economic damages that climate change will inflict on future generations

The U.S. federal government is significantly underestimating the costs of carbon pollution because it is using a faulty analytical model, according to a new study published in the Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences.

A more appropriate accounting of costs would pave the way to cleaner, more economically efficient sources of power generation, the study found.