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News Release: EPA’s $27 Billion Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund will Kick Start Green Investment in Low-Income and Disadvantaged Communities

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its final program of the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF): Solar for All. Sixty recipients will be awarded $7 billion, with funds expected to roll out late this summer. Solar for All will create new or expand existing low-income residential and community solar programs in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and territories, and open up greater access to solar for Tribes through grants and low-cost financing.

Letters to Congress: Letter in Opposition to H.R. 5535, the “Insurance Data Protection Act” and the Congressional Review Act Resolutions Against the SEC’s Climate Financial Risk Disclosure Rule and the Climate-Related Financial Risk Management Principles

AFR and partners submitted a letter to the committee urging members to vote down a series of bills and resolutions that would roll back agency rules, guidance, and authorities to address climate-related financial risk.

News Release: AFR Statements on House Majority’s Regulatory Rollback Plans

Americans for Financial Reform made the following comments on item marked up by the House Financial Services Committee yesterday, On the bills related to climate and financial regulation, On the bills related to fintech regulation, On the bills related to systemic risk

Letter to the Regulators: Letter to the SEC on Finalizing the ESG Funds Disclosures Rule to Protect Investors from Greenwashing and Other Misleading Claims

AFREF and 18 additional signatories wrote to the SEC in support of bringing much-needed disclosures to the vast market of ESG-designated products and services. The letter urges the SEC to finalize the rule titled “Enhanced Disclosures by Certain Investment Advisers and Investment Companies about Environmental, Social, and Governance Investment Practices” as soon as possible and recommends changes to the way the proposed rule addresses disclosure of metrics by ESG-Focused Funds. These changes would improve the rule by generating disclosures that better reflect ESG-Focused Funds’ varied strategies and priority metrics while alleviating concerns expressed by some commenters.

Letters to Regulators: Letter to PCAOB in Support of Auditing Standards re: Company’s Noncompliance with Laws and Regulations

AFREF joined Public Citizen and other organizations in a letter to the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) urging the board to strengthen and finalize its proposals to update AS 2405, A Company’s Noncompliance with Laws and Regulations, and AS 2110, Identifying and Assessing Risks

Letters and Statements: Letter to Basel Committee on Banking Supervision on Bank Climate Risk Disclosures

AFREF joined Public Citizen, The Sunrise Project and other partner organizations in a letter to the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision’s in response to its consultation paper Disclosure of climate-related financial risks. “Of particular importance is information related to financed emissions, transition plans, and forecasts.

News Release: SEC’s Final Climate Disclosure Rule Falls Far Short of What Investors Need

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) new investor-protection regulation on climate-related disclosure will provide a measure of new data but represents a significant – and disappointing – retreat from the agency’s strong 2022 proposal which garnered near-unanimous investor support.

Letters to Regulators: IOSCO Should Explicitly Acknowledge That Environmental and Social Integrity Are Critical Components of the Market Integrity of Carbon Credits

Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund (AFREF) submitted a comment letter on The Board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO)’s Consultation Report outlining a proposed set of Good Practices to promote the integrity and orderly functioning of Voluntary Carbon Markets (VCMs). IOSCO has

Blog Post: Bluelining: How Climate Change is Driving an Insurance Crisis

Financial institutions like insurers, banks, and mortgage lenders, might raise prices or simply withdraw from major markets they deem environmentally risky. If that sounds trivial, consider that in the case of property insurance we’re already seeing these exclusions cover entire states.

Blog Post: Instead of Bluelining, Support Resilience, Relocation, and Realistic Development

Physical risks from climate change are growing, and the pace is accelerating. In 2023, the United States set an unfortunate record by experiencing 28 weather and climate disasters that each inflicted over $1 billion in damage.