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US regulator drops some emissions disclosure requirements from draft climate rules (www.reuters.com)
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In particular, they're dropping the requirement to disclose scope 3, or emissions from use of corporate products.

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[โ€“] explodes 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

After the methane maps? Set up for denying liability.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

The maps don't really change much here; this is about emissions resulting from use of products. Eg: if you sell gas cars, you'd disclose an estimate of the lifetime emissions they create as people use them.