SEC Renews Bid to Keep Court Hold Off Climate Reporting Rules

The SEC on Wednesday pushed the Eighth Circuit to keep the agency’s climate disclosure regulations in place as court action continues, after it failed to prevent the rules’ week-long pause by another court.

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s latest attempt to convince a court against freezing the March 6 regulations came after Liberty Energy Inc. and the US Chamber of Commerce sought a new hold Tuesday. The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit previously paused the regulations from March 15 to March 22, after a request from Liberty Energy.

The conservative-leaning Fifth Circuit’s temporary stay ended when ...