Governor Noem Joins Lawsuit against President Biden over ‘Social Cost of Carbon’

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Governor Noem Joins Lawsuit against President Biden over ‘Social Cost of Carbon’

PIERRE, SD – Yesterday, Governor Kristi Noem joined Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry and 8 other state attorneys general in suing to prevent the Biden Administration from establishing a damages value to the “social cost of greenhouse gases,” which would kill thousands of American jobs and impose more burdens and harms to the American people.

“After a year of misguided lockdowns in response to the COVID pandemic, the last thing that America needs is more burdensome regulation that will cripple our economy,” said Governor Kristi Noem. “President Biden’s attempt to implement a ‘social cost of greenhouse gases’ value will result in government sticking their hands into virtually every aspect of our day-to-day lives. With this lawsuit, we are committed to fighting off such unconstitutional overreach.”

In a recent Executive Order, President Biden established a “working group” to establish a damages value based upon global environmental damages from climate changes. This value would be called the “social cost of carbon,” as well as methane and nitrous oxide. Carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide are by-products of everyday activities in America, because they are among the most common and prevalent by-products of human economic activity. The President further required federal agencies to immediately begin applying such value in regulatory actions and other decision-making.

The Biden executive fiat has wide-ranging impacts on decisions made by virtually every federal agency, including the Departments of Interior, Commerce, Energy, Transportation, Environmental Protection, Defense, Homeland Security, Health and Human Services and the U.S. Treasury. These values have the ability to fundamentally transform the entire regulatory structure of the federal government, which would have devastating impacts on the lives of everyday Americans.

In addition to Louisiana and South Dakota – the following states joined in the lawsuit filed this morning in the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Texas, West Virginia, and Wyoming.

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7 thoughts on “Governor Noem Joins Lawsuit against President Biden over ‘Social Cost of Carbon’”

  2. The Governor seems to be exceeding her authority again……wonder how much that will cost the taxpayers.

  3. AOC and her illiterate squad believe that somehow everyone is going back to gardening and canning food. Dumbo misfits they all are. Anyone remember Earl Butz, Nixon’s Sec of Ag?
    At an agricultural conference he was asked why can’t America go 100% organic and his response was absolutely spot on. He stated absolutely America can go 100% organic but you have to decide who the first 30 million people are which will starve.
    You can’t grow food with electric generators. Period

  4. Oops missed taking ownership there…..

    America is today being led by the strongest Anti -American bureaucracy I have ever seen in my life.

  5. Until the idiots spouting all this carbon nonsense are willing to walk the same walk they demand of the rest of us, they have no credibility. Kerry’s private plane usage is first to come to mind. Along with everyone who attended the recent global climste conference and arrived in their private planes. And those who live in huge energy consuming mansions, ie Obama and Gore. They demand the US improve, who has a great record on clean energy, and ignore the world’s greatest polluters, China and oil India. It’s all political.

  6. This stuff is outrageous. There is nothing moderate about this administration. I hope the center is paying attention and this is a one term presidency. Will the GOP be smart enough to be middle right, or do we listen to the loud ultras and run to the right on all issues that offend our moral superiority?

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