SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and its California counterpart on Tuesday took legal action to block two 2023 state corporate climate accountability laws from going into effect. The lawsuit — filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California — targets Senate Bills 253 and 261, and names the California Air Resources Board (CARB) as the defendant. SB 253, by Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, requires companies making more than $1 billion in annual revenue to publish their carbon emissions online. SB 261, by Sen. Henry Stern, D-Canoga Park, requires busin…
