The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has extended the comment period for its controversial climate-related disclosure rule to allow interested parties more time to consider the issues and share feedback.

The end of the comment period for the proposed rule had been set for May 20 but was extended to June 17 in an announcement Monday.

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