SEC Climate Regulations Spared in Chevron Ruling, Agency Says

SEC corporate emissions reporting requirements should still be allowed after this summer’s Chevron rollback, the agency has told a federal court for the first time since the Supreme Court decision that makes it easier for challengers to fight some agency regulations.

The Supreme Court’s June decision upending the decades-old Chevron legal doctrine gives the Securities and Exchange Commission and other agencies flexibility with rulemaking when laws clearly delegate discretionary authority to them, the SEC told the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on Monday.

The ruling in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo limits the ability of federal agencies ...