US Sustainability Regulations

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Greenhouse Gas Emissions for New Electric Utility Generating Units (Renewal)

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), NSPS for Greenhouse Gas Emissions for New Electric Utility Generating Units (EPA ICR Number 2465.07, OMB Control Number 2060-0685) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through July 31, 2026. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Regis…

Extending the Reporting Deadline Under the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule for 2025; Correction

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is correcting the preamble of a final rule published in the Federal Register on February 27, 2026. The final rule extended the reporting deadline under the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule, commonly referred to as the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP), for reporting year 2025 from March 31, 2026, to October 30, 2026. This document corrects an inadvertent typographical error in the Federal Register. This correction does not result in any substantive c…

Rescission of Climate-Related Disclosure Rules

The Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") proposes to rescind amendments to its rules under the Securities Act of 1933 ("Securities Act") and Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act") that require registrants to provide certain climate- related information in their registration statements and annual reports.

Reconsideration of Standards of Performance for New, Reconstructed, and Modified Sources and Emissions Guidelines for Existing Sources: Oil and Natural Gas Sector Climate Review

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is finalizing amendments to the New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) and Emission Guidelines (EG) for Existing Sources for the Crude Oil and Natural Gas Source Category in response to petitions for reconsideration of the March 8, 2024, final rule. Specifically, this action finalizes discrete technical changes to two aspects of the rules. First, this action finalizes discrete technical changes to the temporary flaring provisions for associated gas…

Extending the Reporting Deadline Under the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule for 2025

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is promulgating this final rule to extend the reporting deadline under the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule for reporting year 2025 from March 31, 2026 to October 30, 2026. This final rule changes only the reporting deadline for annual greenhouse gas (GHG) reports for reporting year 2025 in response to comments received on the proposed rescission of the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP). The EPA anticipates addressing the remainder of the propos…

Rescission of the Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding and Motor Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards Under the Clean Air Act

In this action, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is rescinding the Administrator's 2009 findings of contribution and endangerment and repealing all greenhouse gas (GHG) emission standards for light-duty, medium-duty, and heavy-duty vehicles and engines to effectuate the best reading of Clean Air Act (CAA) section 202(a)(1). The EPA determines that CAA section 202(a)(1) does not authorize the Agency to prescribe emission standards in response to global climate change concerns for mu…

The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors; Delay of Effective Date

On March 28, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") published final rules in the Federal Register, titled "The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors" ("Final Rules" or "Rules"), in order to amend its rules under the Securities Act of 1933 ("Securities Act") and Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act") to require registrants to provide certain climate-related information in their registration statements and annual reports. The Fi…

The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors

The Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") is adopting amendments to its rules under the Securities Act of 1933 ("Securities Act") and Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act") that will require registrants to provide certain climate-related information in their registration statements and annual reports. The final rules will require information about a registrant's climate- related risks that have materially impacted, or are reasonably likely to have a material impact on, its …

Enhanced Disclosures by Certain Investment Advisers and Investment Companies About Environmental, Social, and Governance Investment Practices

The Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") is proposing to amend rules and forms under both the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 ("Advisers Act") and the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("Investment Company Act") to require registered investment advisers, certain advisers that are exempt from registration, registered investment companies, and business development companies, to provide additional information regarding their environmental, social, and governance ("ESG") investment practic…

The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors

The Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") is extending the comment period for a release proposing amendments to its rules under the Securities Act of 1933 ("Securities Act") and Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act") that would require registrants to provide certain climate-related information in their registration statements and annual reports. The comment period for the release was originally scheduled to close on May 20, 2022. The new comment period will end on June 17, …

The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors

The Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") is proposing for public comment amendments to its rules under the Securities Act of 1933 ("Securities Act") and Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act") that would require registrants to provide certain climate-related information in their registration statements and annual reports. The proposed rules would require information about a registrant's climate-related risks that are reasonably likely to have a material impact on its busine…