The Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed rescinding rules imposed under the Biden administration that mandate that public companies report their carbon emissions and climate change-related risks. 

The commission described the climate disclosure rules as “unnecessary,” claiming the dormant rules exceed the scope of the agency’s statutory authority and impose significant costs on public companies and their shareholders. 

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