Republican lawmakers and red states alike are politically and legally attacking President Joe Biden’s social cost of carbon. POLITICO’s Alex Guillén explains how the estimate became a political flashpoint and what that means for the Biden administration’s climate agenda.

Josh Siegel is an energy reporter for POLITICO.

Alex Guillén is an energy reporter for POLITICO Pro.

Nirmal Mulaikal is a POLITICO audio host-producer.

Carlos Prieto is an audio producer for POLITICO.

Raghu Manavalan is a senior editor for POLITICO audio.

Jenny Ament is the executive producer of POLITICO’s audio department.

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The social cost of carbon gets politicized