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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Environment
Adam Lowenstein

Republicans plan legal assault on climate disclosure rules for public companies

President Joe Biden delivers remarks during Business Roundtable's CEO Quarterly Meeting.
Business Roundtable has successfully sued the SEC in the past. Photograph: Leigh Vogel/EPA

Republican officials and corporate lobby groups are teeing up a multi-pronged legal assault on the Biden administration’s effort to help investors hold public corporations accountable for their carbon emissions and other climate change risks.

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed new climate disclosure rules in March that would require public companies to report the climate-related impact and risks to their businesses.

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