The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on March 6 approved its long-awaited final rules on climate reporting standards. As expected, the new rules eliminated requirements for Scope 3 emissions reporting and reduced Scope 1 and 2 requirements.

In response to the SEC’s disclosure rules, ten states announced the same day that they would sue to block the regulations.

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