The Leading Commentary on the SEC’s Climate Rules (So Far)

So we now have the SEC’s final climate disclosure rule – as well as the first three lawsuits filed challenging the SEC’s rulemaking – and already a lot of ink has been spilled. Here are some of the top resources I have seen so far about the rulemaking:

1. Fortune’s “SEC chair drags climate rule across the finish line despite objections from commissioners”
2. InvestmentNews.com’s “SEC passes climate rule that leaves no one happy”
3. ImpactAlpha’s “New SEC rules may be just enough to push climate action from disclosure to accounting”
4. PublicChatter.com’s “Day 2 “Headlines” for the SEC’s New Climate Disclosure Rules”
5. PublicChatter.com’s “The SEC Adopts a Climate Disclosure Rule: No Scope 3 Emissions Disclosure and 14 Other Things to Know”
6. Reuters’ “Republican-led states sue US SEC over climate risk disclosure rules”
7. Tim Mohin’s “Top Five Takeaways from SEC’s Final Climate Rule”
8. TheCorporateCounsel.net’s “Final Climate Rules: Key Changes from the Proposed Form”
9. WSJ’s “The SEC Watered Down Its Climate Reporting Requirements. Here’s What That Means for Companies.”
10. Mark Bergman’s analysis of the changes between the SEC’s proposal and its final rules.

And here are the law firm memos I’ve seen so far:

1. Akin Gump
2. Allen & Overy
3. Alston & Bird
4. Baker Botts
5. Blank Rome
6. Bryan Cave
7. Cleary Gottlieb
8. Clifford Chance
9. Cooley
10. Covington
11. Cravath
12. Davis Polk
13. Day Pitney
14. Dechert
15. Deloitte
16. Fenwick & West
17.  Foley Hoag
18.  Foley & Lardner
19.  Fox Rothschild
20. Freshfields
21. Gibson Dunn
22. Goodwin Procter
23. Hunton Andrews Kurth
24.  Husch Blackwell
25.  K&L Gates
26.  Katten
27. Keating Muething
28.  King & Spalding
29. Manatt
30. McDermott Will
31. Mintz Levin
32.  Morgan Lewis
33. Morrison & Foerster
34. Morris Manning
35.  Orrick
36.  O’Melveny
37.  Paul Hastings
38. Paul Weiss
39. Perkins Coie
40. Pillsbury
41.  Ropes & Gray
42. Simpson Thacher
43. Sidley
44. Skadden
45.  Sullivan & Cromwell
46.  Thompson Hine
47.  Troutman Pepper
48.  Venable
49.  Vinson & Elkins
50. Vorys Sater
51. Weil Gotshal
52.  Willkie Farr
53.  Winston & Strawn

And of course, there are oodles of webcasts happening. I’m listening to two of them today…