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   Caitlan McLoon, a deputy attorney general, wrote in a brief last month.   
      
   In that case, a few groups have filed amicus briefs with the appellate   
   court on both sides of the fight. The Washington Legal Foundation, which   
   supports free-enterprise principles, argued that the laws force businesses   
   to parrot the state’s views. Ceres, a business network that supports a   
   transition to cleaner energy, said the laws had broad support from   
   corporations and investors. In the latest filing, on Friday, FarmSTAND,   
   which opposes industrial animal agriculture, said the laws were important   
   to counter meat and dairy companies engaging in what the group called   
   greenwashing, or deceptive publicity about their environmental practices.   
      
   At the end of the Biden administration, the Securities and Exchange   
   Commission had been nearing implementation of new federal climate   
   disclosure rules. Those rules were also challenged in court, and in March,   
   shortly after the start of the current Trump administration, the   
   commission voted to end its legal defense of the rules.   
      
   The rules remain effectively shelved, but not repealed, according to   
   Jayson O’Neill, senior director of climate finance for Focal Point   
   Strategy Group, a communications firm that works with climate and good-   
   governance groups. He noted that other states have also proposed their own   
   climate disclosure laws.   
      
   The European Union is also moving forward with new climate disclosure   
   rules. In a letter this week to the E.U., Energy Secretary Chris Wright   
   and his Qatari counterpart, Saad Sherida al-Kaabi, minister of state for   
   energy affairs, raised concerns about the measure, the Corporate   
   Sustainability Due Diligence Directive. They called on the E.U. to repeal   
   the directive or remove provisions that they said would be economically   
   damaging.   
      
   Karen Zraick covers legal affairs for the Climate desk and the courtroom   
   clashes playing out over climate and environmental policy.   
      
      
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   November 5, 2024 - Congratulations President Donald Trump.  We look   
   forward to America being great again.   
      
   We live in a time where intelligent people are being silenced so that   
   stupid people won't be offended.   
      
   Every day is an IQ test. Some pass, some, not so much.   
      
   Thank you for cleaning up the disasters of the 2008-2017, 2020-2024 Obama   
   / Biden / Harris fiascos, President Trump.   
      
   Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the   
   The World According To Garp.  Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood   
   queer liberal democrat donors.   
      
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