{"id":162651,"date":"2021-09-14T20:46:56","date_gmt":"2021-09-14T18:46:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=162651"},"modified":"2021-09-14T20:46:58","modified_gmt":"2021-09-14T18:46:58","slug":"forbes-bidens-plan-to-expand-climate-disclosure-requirements-means-higher-prices-for-consumers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=162651","title":{"rendered":"Forbes: \u201cBiden\u2019s Plan To Expand Climate Disclosure Requirements Means Higher Prices For Consumers\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"162652\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=162652\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/0pexels-photo-327041.jpeg?fit=800%2C728&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,728\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0pexels-photo-327041\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/0pexels-photo-327041.jpeg?fit=723%2C658&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/0pexels-photo-327041.jpeg?resize=723%2C658&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-162652\" width=\"723\" height=\"658\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/0pexels-photo-327041.jpeg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/0pexels-photo-327041.jpeg?resize=300%2C273&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/0pexels-photo-327041.jpeg?resize=768%2C699&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/0pexels-photo-327041.jpeg?resize=640%2C582&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/0pexels-photo-327041.jpeg?resize=88%2C80&amp;ssl=1 88w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Guest essay by Eric Worrall<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A few days ago&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/wattsupwiththat.com\/2021\/09\/11\/biden-democrats-pursue-extreme-climate-change-domestic-energy-agenda\/\" target=\"_blank\">WUWT warned Biden\u2019s attack on Fossil Fuel would slam consumers with higher gasoline pump prices<\/a>. This warning has been echoed and amplified by Forbes, and outlet which is&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/arielcohen\/2021\/09\/13\/big-money-for-solar-players-biden-targets-50-solar-generation-by-2050\/?sh=5680a7475f40\" target=\"_blank\">frequently sympathetic to Biden\u2019s green energy push<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>Biden\u2019s Plan To Expand Climate Disclosure Requirements Means Higher Prices For Consumers<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/daneberhart\/\">Dan Eberhart<\/a><br>Contributor,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/energy\">Energy<\/a><br>Dan Eberhart is CEO of Canary, LLC<\/p><p>The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is expected to roll out as soon as October expansive new regulations requiring public companies to disclose how their operations contribute to climate change and what they are doing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.<\/p><p>Members of the U.S. Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee may want to ask SEC Chairman Gary Gensler about the impact of the new climate regulations on consumer energy prices when he testifies before the committee at Tuesday\u2019s&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.banking.senate.gov\/hearings\/09\/10\/2021\/oversight-of-the-us-securities-and-exchange-commission\" target=\"_blank\">oversight hearing<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p><p>The move to strengthen climate-related disclosures by requiring companies to collect and disclose data on all indirect upstream and downstream greenhouse gas emissions that occur outside their core operations, including their supply chains, has long been foreshadowed by the SEC. Still, it represents the latest salvo in the Biden administration\u2019s escalating war on America\u2019s domestic oil and natural gas sector.&nbsp;<\/p><p>\u2026<\/p><p>The administration is steamrolling ahead with punitive requirements while at the same time begging Saudi Arabia and the rest of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) cartel to increase global oil production to keep a lid on prices. If it seems counterintuitive, it is. It\u2019s anti-American.&nbsp;<\/p><p>Requiring companies to account for any greenhouse gases emitted along their supply chains and using their products is an incredibly burdensome standard that will disproportionally affect domestic energy producers, including the financial institutions that underwrite the sector.&nbsp;<\/p><p>\u2026<\/p><cite>Read more:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wattsupwiththat.com\/2021\/09\/11\/biden-democrats-pursue-extreme-climate-change-domestic-energy-agenda\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/wattsupwiththat.com\/2021\/09\/11\/biden-democrats-pursue-extreme-climate-change-domestic-energy-agenda\/<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What can I say \u2013 in business as in life, it usually makes more sense to create the new system, before you attempt to destroy the old system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">via <strong><em><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">Watts Up With That?<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ift.tt\/3Ca8IC9\">https:\/\/ift.tt\/3Ca8IC9<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">September 14, 2021<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guest essay by Eric Worrall A few days ago&nbsp;WUWT warned Biden\u2019s attack on Fossil Fuel would slam consumers with higher gasoline pump prices. This warning has been echoed and amplified by Forbes, and outlet which is&nbsp;frequently sympathetic to Biden\u2019s green energy push. Biden\u2019s Plan To Expand Climate Disclosure Requirements Means Higher Prices For Consumers Dan [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-162651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","has-post-thumbnail","fallback-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-Gjp","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":204596,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=204596","url_meta":{"origin":162651,"position":0},"title":"Biden Energy Secretary: Buy an EV Peasant!","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"16\/06\/2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Official portrait of the 16th Secretary of Energy,\u00a0Jennifer Granholm\u00a0(portrait as of June 2021) Essay by Eric Worrall h\/t Dr. Willie Soon; Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, who last month pocketed 1.6M exercising share options on an Electric Vehicle company, has suggested people experiencing gasoline pain should just buy an EV. 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