The Environmental Forum

OPENING ARGUMENT New York City is addressing its climate impact by mandating that large buildings sharply reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. In a new cooperative federalism, the Inflation Reduction Act can mesh with these mandates through subsidies and incentives.

CROSS-EXAMINATION A necessary protection whose time has come, these additions to state bills of rights are self-executing and enforceable protections for public health and natural resources, and place limits on government actions while creating a duty to foster generational sustainability.

COVER STORY In light of the unique circumstances that led to the Supreme Court’s decision last term in reviewing an agency rulemaking, and the chief justice’s careful caveats on “major questions,” we caution against overstating the case’s likely long-term impacts on environmental law.

THE BRIEFING The new UN loss and damage fund aims to compensate developing nations for climate impacts. Will it live up to its promise?

THE DEBATE Last year, the Securities & Exchange Commission published a proposed rule on climate disclosure that would require “information about a registrant’s climate-related risks that are reasonably likely to have a material impact on its business, results of operations, or financial condition.” A final rule is expected later this year, but first our panel has some comments.