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SEC moves to formally rescind corporate climate disclosure requirements

The proposal follows legal challenges and would end a rule that drew more than 24,000 public comments, the SEC said.

  • On Friday, the Securities and Exchange Commission formally proposed rescinding its 2024 rule that would have required publicly traded companies to disclose climate-related risks and greenhouse gas emissions.
  • The Republican-led Commission paused legal defense after President Donald Trump took office, describing the Biden-era regulations as "dramatic overreach" that would "impose substantial costs on public companies."
  • SEC Chairman Paul Atkins said on Fox Business the agency should "stick to our knitting" and avoid "dictating corporate behavior," emphasizing that obligations must be guided by materiality as the "North Star."
  • Sen. Ed Markey, a Massachusetts Democrat, criticized the move as "years of work by corporate polluters" to weaken investor protections, while the Clean Air Task Force urged retaining the rule for transparency.
  • A 60-day public comment period will open following Federal Register publication, as the repeal joins broader deregulatory efforts by the Environmental Protection Agency under President Trump's administration.
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SEC moves to repeal rule that requires companies to report greenhouse gas emissions and climate risk

WASHINGTON (AP) — In the latest action to undo Biden-era regulations on climate change, the Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday proposed repealing a rule that requires some public companies

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The Business Journal broke the news on Friday, May 29, 2026.
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