This Week’s Climate Policy Update | March 20 - 24, 2023

March 22, 2023

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By: Kenneth J. Markowitz, Stacey H. Mitchell, Christopher A. Treanor, Leila Fleming (Public Policy Specialist)

President Biden issued his first veto to reject a Congressional Review Act measure to shoot down the Department of Labor’s environmental, social, and governance-related (ESG) rule. Governors are also pushing back on the Biden administration, as Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) led a group of states in rolling back state-level ESG efforts. Finally, the United Nations issued a report that warned of a closing window to address climate change.

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