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Business groups launch legal challenge to California climate disclosure laws

Image of the California state Capitol building in Sacramento.
California state Capitol building. Photo: David Paul Morris/Getty Images

Major business coalition seeks to block implementation of wide-ranging laws, claiming First Amendment violation.

On Tuesday, the US Chamber of Commerce, Central Valley Business Federation and American Farm Bureau Federation led a coalition of business organizations in filing a lawsuit aiming to block California’s two landmark corporate climate disclosure laws.

The group asserts that the measures signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom

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