CARB Seeks Rejection Of Last Claim In Suit To Halt GHG-Disclosure Rules

California air board attorneys are outlining arguments for why a federal court should dismiss the one remaining claim -- violation of free speech protections -- in an industry lawsuit seeking to halt the board’s rulemaking to implement two 2023 laws requiring large companies to report their greenhouse gas emissions and climate-related financial risks. In a March 17 answering brief , the California Air Resources Board (CARB) lists a host of “affirmative defenses” consisting of succinct, one-line denials of paragraph-by-paragraph allegations...