SEC Climate Rules Pushed Back Amid Bureaucratic, Legal Woes

Oct. 19, 2022, 9:00 AM UTC

The SEC is months away from finalizing expansive new climate disclosure requirements as the agency juggles investor demands for more transparency, tech glitches and a tough Republican legal threat.

The Securities and Exchange Commission will miss a self-imposed October deadline for final rules as it continues to sift through thousands of public comments and factors in a June Supreme Court ruling that endangers the agency’s normally broad authority to regulate Wall Street.

The commission was forced to reopen its comment file earlier this month after a technical glitch may have prevented some feedback on the March climate proposal and other ...

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