This is an obscure but incredibly important court victory, supporting DOE calculations of a "Social Cost of Carbon".
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"...In a unanimous decisionhttp://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/rssExec.pl?Submit=Display&Path=Y2016/D08-08/C:14-2159:J:Ripple:aut:T:fnOp:N:1807496:S:0 late Monday, the Chicago-based 7th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals rejected an industry-backed request to overturn a 2014 rule that set energy efficiency standards for commercial refrigerators.
In doing so, the court specifically backed the so-called social cost of carbon, President Obama’s administration-wide estimate of the costs per metric ton of carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere — currently $36...."
Full story at:
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/290859-court-backs-obamas-clima...