San Francisco State Senator Scott Weiner, who authored one of a series of sweeping climate disclosure laws, is pushing back against major business groups who are suing the state to overturn them. 

One law requires companies making more than $1 billion a year to publicly report their greenhouse gas emissions. Another asks businesses making more than $500 million a year to share how climate change is impacting their finances. 

The business groups argue that California is assuming the role of federal regulators, but Weiner disagrees:  

“California definitely has the authority to require large corporations doing business in our state to disclose their carbon emissions. That’s all it is.”

If the laws remain in place, they will take effect in 2026.

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