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CARB Adopts Initial Regulations for SB 253 and SB 261: What Businesses Need to Know Now
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has now taken a significant step toward implementing California’s climate disclosure laws, SB 253 and SB 261, by formally adopting the agency’s first set of implementing regulations.
While these regulations r...
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CARB Eases 2026 Climate Disclosure Enforcement: SB 261 Enforcement Stayed and SB 253 Schedule Clarified
California’s climate-disclosure landscape shifted again in late 2025. Most notably, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) announced it will not enforce the January 1, 2026 reporting deadline under SB 261 (climate-related financial risk) following...
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Where CARB Stands on California’s SB 253 & SB 261
California’s twin climate disclosure laws—SB 253 and SB 261—task the California Air Resources Board (CARB) with developing regulations for large companies doing business in California to disclose greenhouse gas emissions and climate-related financial...
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California Climate Disclosure Laws Will Go Into Effect Before California Air Resources Board Finalizes Regulations
On May 29, 2025, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) hosted a virtual public workshop to discuss its progress in implementing California’s sweeping new climate disclosure laws. California Senate Bills (SB) 253, 261, and 219
require any company...
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SB 219 Makes Important Changes to California’s Climate Disclosure Laws
On September 27, 2024, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 219 (SB 219) into law, amending two sweeping climate disclosure acts passed just last year—the Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act (SB 253) and the Climate-Related Financial Risk Act (SB 261). Together, these acts require a wide array of entities doing business in the state to calculate and publicly disclose their carbon footprint and climate risks. SB 219 combines these Acts (now collectively known as the Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act or CCDAA) and makes important updates regarding their implementation.
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Judging Java: California Reverses Need for Proposition 65 Warnings on Coffee
California’s coffee industry breathed a collective sigh of relief earlier this month when the state’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), the agency charged with implementing Proposition 65, finalized a regulation that exempts c...
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