All Climate Change Issues articles
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Blog
Burn, baby, burn: Executive Order torches Obama’s climate rules
President Donald J. Trump, through an Executive Order, has directed the Environmental Protection Agency to dismantle the Obama Administration’s controversial, anti-coal Clean Power Plan.
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Blog
SEC requires ExxonMobile, Chevron climate change resolutions
The SEC has denied efforts by ExxonMobil and Chevron to exclude shareholder resolutions seeking additional disclosures related to climate change. The decision was detailed in recent no-action letters issued by the Division of Corporation Finance. A coalition of investors want the companies to “stress test” and disclose the effect ...
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Article
Climate change continues to be a disclosure concern
While pundits and true believers on both sides of the environmental fence bicker over climate change, public companies may want to focus their attention on specific developments that could influence their disclosure regime and what they quantify as material information for investors. Questions they should be asking: whether state officials ...