On April 8, 2025, President Trump issued a series of executive orders directing the federal government to analyze state-level climate policies targeting fossil fuel consumption and environmental regulations. This action...more
4/11/2025
/ Cap-and-Trade ,
Clean Energy ,
Climate Change ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Energy Policy ,
Energy Sector ,
Environmental Policies ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal v State Law Application ,
Fossil Fuel ,
Oil & Gas ,
State and Local Government ,
Trump Administration
In a recent shift, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has officially ended its climate risk guidance for large U.S. banks. The 2021 guidance called on major banks to incorporate climate-related risks into...more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to halt its defense of the climate disclosure rules introduced under the leadership of former SEC Chair Gary Gensler....more
4/2/2025
/ Climate Change ,
Deregulation ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Reporting ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Investors ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Regulation ,
Trump Administration
Acting Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC" or the "Commission") Chairman Mark Uyeda directed SEC staff to request that the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals not schedule an oral argument in the pending litigation...more