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In a referendum vote, Swiss voters rejected a new law meant to keep the nation on pace with Paris accord commitments.

By Kevin Mooney Urgent action is needed to combat climate change for the benefit of Pennsylvania’s children and grandchildren, Governor Tom Wolf said while commenting...

An advisory group for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) comprising financial industry officials, academicians, and other experts recommends the SEC add and expand social responsibility disclosure requirements for U.S. businesses.

An advisory group for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) comprising financial industry officials, academicians, and other experts recommends the SEC add and...

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill backing the Securities and Exchange Commission's push to craft new rules requiring more comprehensive environmental, social, and governance disclosures

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia vacated a rule, adopted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, under then-President Donald Trump in 2019, delaying the deadline for solid waste facilities and landfills to submit plans for reducing methane emissions until November 2021.

A proposal in the Washington Senate, the Climate Commitment Act, would create a cap-and-trade scheme designed to reduce carbon-dioxide emissions in the state to “net zero” by 2050. It would make everything more expensive.

Twelve states have asked a Federal Court to keep federal agencies from using the so-called Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases to calculate the benefits of emission reduction regulations.

Legislation in the Massachusetts Senate would implement a carbon-dioxide tax beginning in 2023 beginning at “not less than” $15 per ton in the first year, and rise by $5 per ton annually until reaching a $60 per ton cap.

A very bill offered in California would take an very detailed and expansive view of how corporations operating in the state account for and disclose climate risk and their relation to and use of fossil fuels.