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Opinion Piece Targets CBO's Climate Health Forecasting
Original: Opinion | CBO’s Climate Health Forecasters
A Wall Street Journal opinion column criticises the Congressional Budget Office for incorporating climate-related health projections into its budget forecasts. The piece argues the nonpartisan scorekeeper is straying from its core fiscal mandate by weighing long-term climate health effects in its economic analysis. The commentary has drawn attention in debates over whether the CBO should factor climate impacts into official budget scoring.
Why now: Fresh criticism of the CBO's methodology has reignited debate over the role of climate analysis in official budget forecasts
Congressional Budget OfficeWall Street JournalUnited States
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