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On the recordFebruary 27, 2017
The social cost of carbon is a complex metric which our witness Dr. Greenstone has described as the most important number you've never heard of.
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Don Beyer
Democratic · Virginia

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Beyer emphasizes the significance of the social cost of carbon in understanding climate change.

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