Mario Cuomo once said politicians should campaign in poetry but govern in prose. President Joe Biden’s climate policy seems to have taken that to heart, often reading like a washing-machine repair guide: It gets a job done but isn’t exactly inspiring.

Consider the new climate-disclosure rules from the administration’s Securities and Exchange Commission. After two years of furious debate and lobbying, the SEC on Wednesday approved new requirements that public companies disclose their greenhouse-gas emissions, which may sound like a historic move. But they are riddled with monumental caveats.

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New SEC Climate Rules Are Weak, But They’re Progress

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06.03.2024

Mario Cuomo once said politicians should campaign in poetry but govern in prose. President Joe Biden’s climate policy seems to have taken that to heart,........

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