California Moves to Dismiss Lawsuit Challenging State’s Climate Disclosure Laws Amid Business Groups’ Opposition.

California is seeking dismissal of a lawsuit by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other business groups seeking to overturn the state’s climate disclosure laws. The state has filed a motion to assert its authority to compel climate-related disclosures from large companies operating in the state through S.B. 253 and S. 261. The lawsuit argues that these groups have not yet suffered and that the federal Clean Air Act does not preemptively bar California from implementing its laws. California’s response argues that California is seeking to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions outside of its borders, not from actual regulation but from “pressure”.