The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved its long-awaited climate disclosure rule this week while the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its latest iteration of its power plant carbon regulation. In Washington, lawmakers passed a bill to make the state's cap-and-trade system compatible with California and Quebec's mechanisms. Finally, an International Energy Agency report detailed that global CO2 emissions hit an all-time high in 2023.

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