Critics, Backers Debate High Court Ruling’s Effect On SEC Climate Plan

Even though opponents of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) climate-related disclosure rule are pledging to attack the rule using the Supreme Court’s new ruling limiting EPA’s greenhouse gas authority under the “major questions” doctrine, backers of the SEC plan argue the decision shouldn’t affect the rulemaking. And, some environmental law lawyers are warning that the high court’s June 30 decision in West Virginia v. EPA could more broadly indicate conservative justices are targeting agency action they view as...