Articles for Climate Rule

Afghanistan to attend UN climate summit for first time under Taliban rule
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Afghanistan to attend UN climate summit for first time under Taliban rule

India Today  

An Afghan delegation will attend the upcoming UN climate change summit in Azerbaijan, the foreign ministry spokesman told AFP on Saturday, marking a first since the Taliban government came to power. Afghanistan is ranked as the country sixth most vulnerable to climate change and Taliban authorities have pushed to participate in COP summits, saying their political isolation shouldn't bar them …

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Supreme Court lets Biden’s power plant climate rule take effect
2 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court lets Biden’s power plant climate rule take effect

Politico  

The Supreme Court’s decision elevates the issue of climate change just weeks before the presidential election. “We will continue to fight through the merits phase and prove this rule strips the states of important discretion while forcing plants to use technologies that don’t work in the real world.” Alex Bond, the executive director for clean energy and environment at the …

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Amid legal challenges, SEC pauses its climate rule
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Amid legal challenges, SEC pauses its climate rule

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is pausing the implementation of its new climate disclosure rule while it defends the regulation in court. Wall Street’s top regulator voted in March on the final rule, which requires some public companies in the U.S. to report their greenhouse gas emissions and climate risks. The SEC said it would continue “vigorously …

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The one group Biden still needs to win over on electric vehicles
9 months ago

The one group Biden still needs to win over on electric vehicles

Politico  

The future of electric vehicles has emerged as one of the fiercest political fights between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. The presumptive Republican nominee has been trying to win over workers in the critical swing state of Michigan by warning of a “bloodbath” for the auto industry from the transition to the new vehicles and has called …

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Sierra Club sues SEC over climate reporting rule
9 months, 1 week ago

Sierra Club sues SEC over climate reporting rule

Politico  

“We are saying not only does the SEC have the authority to require these types of disclosures, in fact they made a mistake by dropping some very crucial disclosure requirements that were in the proposal — and a mistake that just is fundamentally wrong,” said Hana Vizcarra, senior attorney at Earthjustice. A spokesperson for the SEC said the commission “undertakes …

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SEC proposes landmark climate rule
2 years, 9 months ago

SEC proposes landmark climate rule

Politico  

The rule would generate detailed information on how corporations, financial services firms and other businesses are being affected by climate change. Indirect emissions generated by suppliers and customers — scope 3 — must be disclosed if they are material to a company’s performance or if the company has set targets for reducing emissions. “Leaving it up to issuers to determine …

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