The SEC’s new climate rules were a missed opportunity to accelerate corporate action
Published Date: 3/8/2024
Source: technologyreview.com
This week, the US Securities and Exchange Commission enacted a set of long-awaited climate rules, requiring most publicly traded companies to disclose their greenhouse-gas emissions and the climate risks building up on their balance sheets.  Unfortunately, the federal agency watered down the regulations amid intense lobbying from business interests, undermining their ultimate effectiveness—and missing the…