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California Air Resources Board Offers Direction as to Application of California Climate Disclosure Laws

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On May 29, 2025, a virtual public workshop held by the California Air Resources Board ("CARB") offered direction on how it interprets certain elements of California's climate disclosure laws. While CARB has a July 1, 2025,...more

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CARB Workshop on Climate Disclosure Laws: More Questions Than Answers

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On May 29, 2025, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) held a virtual public workshop to review and discuss its rulemaking response to California Senate Bills (SBs) 253, 261, and 219, which require companies that “do...more

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Takeaways from CARB’s Virtual Workshop Regarding California’s Corporate Climate Disclosure Rules

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On May 29, 2025, The California Air Resources Board (CARB) held a virtual workshop to “support the development of California’s Corporate Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program” reflected in the Climate Corporate Data Accountability...more

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Initial Concepts Provided on California Climate Disclosure Laws Implementation

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The regulations for the California Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act (SB253), which applies to entities with annual revenue in excess of $1 billion, have been delayed until the end of 2025. The California Air...more

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Complying With California’s New Climate Disclosure Laws – Takeaways for Reporting Companies from the California Air Resources...

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The California Air Resources Board held an almost four hour virtual public workshop on May 29 on California’s pending climate risk and greenhouse gas emissions disclosure laws. The stated purpose of the workshop was to...more

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Latest Developments in Fight Over California’s Climate Disclosure Laws

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A preliminary injunction motion is set for May, the judge issued a scheduling order, and CARB announced a public workshop to kick off a rulemaking to implement the laws....more

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CARB to Hold Virtual Public Workshop Regarding California’s Corporate Climate Disclosure Rules

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The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has announced that it will hold a virtual public workshop to “support the development of California’s Corporate Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program,” as reflected in The Climate...more

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Eighth Circuit Holds SEC Climate Rule Litigation in Abeyance

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On April 24, 2025, the Eighth Circuit ordered that the litigation over the validity of the SEC's climate disclosure rule be “held in abeyance.” This order was in response to a submission by a coalition of blue states that...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

SEC Abandons Climate-Related Disclosure Litigation — What Next?

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently informed the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit that it will no longer defend its March 6, 2024, rule requiring that companies disclose climate-related risks and...more

Mintz - Energy & Sustainability Viewpoints

Sustainable Energy & Infrastructure Litigation Updates — April 2025

On March 27, 2025, as expected, the SEC under the Trump administration abandoned the climate disclosure rule promulgated by the Biden administration, specifically stating in a court filing that it would no longer defend the...more

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SEC Ends Defense of Climate Disclosure Rules

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In March of 2024, we reported on the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s adoption of a comprehensive set of rules governing climate-related disclosures. The rules would require public companies to disclose climate-related...more

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

SEC Walks Away From Climate Disclosure Litigation

The SEC announced that the Commission had voted to end its defense of the rules requiring disclosure of climate-related risks and greenhouse gas emissions....more

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Commissioner Crenshaw decries SEC action pulling the plug on defense of climate disclosure rules

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As reported in this PubCo post, the SEC announced yesterday that it was ending its “defense of the rules requiring disclosure of climate-related risks and greenhouse gas emissions”—the climate disclosure rules. In response to...more

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SEC Abandons Defense Of Brobdingnagian Climate Change Disclosure Rule

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Three years ago, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued a nearly 500 page rule proposal that would require registrants to provide certain climate-related information in their registration statements and annual...more

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California Air Resources Board information solicitation for Climate Disclosure Laws implementation

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California has established itself at the forefront of climate change disclosures with the recent adoption of two laws: the Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act (SB 253), requiring covered entities to disclose greenhouse...more

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

The SEC’s Position Change on The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors

On February 11, 2025, Mark T. Uyeda, the acting chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, took action with respect to The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate Disclosures for Inventors rule, which was adopted...more

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Acting SEC Chairman Seeks Pause on Climate-Related Disclosure Rule Litigation

On February 11, 2025, Acting Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) Mark Uyeda issued a statement directing the Commission staff to request that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth...more

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SEC Requests Oral Argument Not to Be Scheduled in the Litigation Challenging the Climate-Related Disclosures Rule

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In early March 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) finalized its climate-related disclosures rule (The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors) (the “Final Rule”)....more

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SEC Asks Court to Put Climate Change Litigation on Hold

As previously reported in our last post, The Fate of the New U.S. Climate Change Rules Under the New Republican Administration, legal challenges to the SEC’s rules mandating extensive new climate change disclosure is ongoing...more

Allen Matkins

California Air Resources Board Solicits Input On California Greenhouse Gas Emissions Disclosure Laws

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I recently published a post questioning the legality of the California Air Resources Board's Enforcement Notice.  The California legislature charged CARB with the responsibility of implementing SB 253 (Wiener) and SB 261...more

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Proposed Greenhouse Gas FAR Clause Withdrawn as Inauguration Approaches

The Biden Administration withdrew a proposed climate change-inspired amendment to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) one week before former President Donald Trump’s return to the White House. According to a notice...more

Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL

Securities Snapshot: 4th Quarter 2024 - 2025 Reporting Season – Key Considerations

As we bid farewell to 2024, we welcome not only another year but also several new disclosure requirements. In this Snapshot, we summarize several developments and best practices for public companies to consider as the 2024...more

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CARB Will Not Fully Enforce California’s Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act in 2026

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CARB will not penalize reporting entities for incomplete Scope 1 and 2 emissions disclosures under SB 253, irritating lawmakers and raising the specter of oversight hearings....more

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CARB and the Attorney General Defend California's Groundbreaking Climate Change Disclosure Laws in Court

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As previously posted, in a landmark legal challenge, a coalition led by prominent business federations is challenging California's pioneering climate disclosure laws, Senate Bill 253 (the Climate Corporate Data Accountability...more

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SEC Rulemaking 2023 - An Overview

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In 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) continued its trend of recent years of robust and significant rulemaking that affects the range of players in the securities industry — public companies, broker-dealers,...more

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