A Montana State University researcher will discuss recent developments in how the federal government incorporates mortality and climate change impacts into their analysis of environmental policies. Dr. Richard Ready, professor of economics in the MSU Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics, will deliver “The Two Most Important Numbers for Environmental Policy Analysis: The Social Cost of Carbon and the Value of a Statistical Life” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19, in MSU’s Procrastinator Theater. Light refreshments will be served prior to the talk. The event is free and open to the public as part of the Montana Institute on Ecosystems’ Distinguished Lecturer Series.