White House Withdraws Proposed Federal Contractor Greenhouse Gas Rule
January 22, 2025
On Jan. 13, the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Council withdrew the proposed rule, "Disclosure of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate-Related Financial Risk.” AGC of America submitted extensive comments explaining the significant challenges the proposal would have posed to the construction industry while advocating for commonsense and workable regulations. The proposed regulation would have introduced carbon reporting and disclosure requirements for two new categories of federal contractors: “significant contractors” and “major contractors.”
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