Greenhouse Gas Disclosure Requirements Are Proliferating
Type
Policy Brief or Report
Year
2010
Level
Other Boards and Agencies
State(s)
All States
Policy Areas
Democracy & Governance, Environment & Natural Resources
While climate change legislation was mired in Congress, several units in the Obama administration had used their existing statutory authority to adopt rules or guidance requiring extensive disclosure about greenhouse gases in a wide variety of contexts. Every registered public company, the operators of many industrial facilities, and those involved in significant federal actions are now or will soon be covered by one or more of these requirements. In this article, the author explains different disclosure requirements, including the GHG reporting rule, securities disclosure, and lastly, the National Environmental Policy Act.