SEC “Independent Committee” Coordinating with White House on ‘Climate Risk Disclosure’ Rule – Are You Happy With That?

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Like FERC, another ‘independent agency’ is in fact following the direction of the White House

Here’s How the “Whole Government Approach” to Imposing an ideological Agenda looks like

For those who haven’t followed the Energy Research Institute’s reveal of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) ‘independent commission’, you should. See for example: “Richard Glick’s White House Conversations,” Wall Street Journal, June 12, 2022; Daniel Moore, “Summer Blackout Threat looms over FERC President’s reshuffle,” Bloomberg.com, July 12, 2022; Catherine Morehouse, “GOP Probes FERC Chairs Glick Meeting with White House,” Politico, June 29, 2022 (IER website with transparent campaign profile is here).

Courtesy of Energy Policy Advocates (EPA), we now see that something normative is underway and FERC President Glick’s White House Climate Office chats above that The Committee considers and implements its role for “the whole government approach“Coming” to “climate” is not unique: the material has just been released in a Energy Policy Advocates v SEC The FOIA case shows that SEC Chairman Gary Gensler’s team also worked with the White House on of them mammoth overreach, controversial (and Related to) “Climate risk disclosure” rule.

Email and schedule traffic not clear on this score. A few samples:

And, as the SEC production cover Letters shows, the SEC is also withholding 170 pages of “intentional” EOP correspondence (or, alternatively, b6, “HR file type” information. Mmm, yes.).

“Independent agency” obviously means different things to different people. But the SEC’s position is that the White House has a formal role in the SEC developing its CRD rule. Wut.

In addition, the GAO understands that SEC attorneys have stated in meetings and exchanges and even in status reports filed with the courts that their delay in handling the Energy Policy Advocates’ FOIAs is not a good thing. The amount is because they have to consult the White House on what they should offer. or keep.

So, last week the EPA filed another lawsuit advising the SEC’s correspondence with the White House on FOIA. Obviously another one to watch.