SEC Petitioned on Climate (Folo) Judge Dismisses State Auto Emissions Suit

State officials, pension funds and environmental groups petitioned the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday to force companies to disclose more to investors about how climate change might hurt the bottom line, Bloomberg News reported from Washington.

The state treasurer of California, Bill Lockyer; the state attorney general of New York, Andrew Cuomo; and the chief financial officer of Florida, Alex Sink, were part of the group that filed the request with the SEC, according to Environmental Defense and to Ceres, a coalition of investment funds and environmental groups that is based in Boston.

Originally published by Bloomberg News.

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