California Justice Department attorneys pushed a federal judge Tuesday to reject an industry motion that would immediately halt the state’s nation-leading climate disclosure laws, arguing that the rules have not been implemented and are not placing a burden on businesses. The hearing comes on the same day that the California Air Resources Board was supposed to finalize rules implementing SB 253 and SB 261. CARB Chair Liane Randolph said last week that the agency aims to finish the rules by the end of this year and did not plan to release any updates Tuesday. The rules would create the first emissions disclosure standards in the United States and potentially offer a model for other states, after the Securities and Exchange Commission announced in March that it would stop defending a Biden-era federal disclosure law in court.

Other California climate legislation news:

• Los Angeles Times: California’s plan to ‘Make Polluters Pay’ for climate change stalls again. Why oil companies are fiercely opposed
• Inside Climate News: As California’s emissions rules faces court battles, states scramble to save their climate goals
• Politico: Democrats retreat on climate: ‘It’s one of the more disappointing turnabouts’​