Climate Day Is Coming: SEC Schedules Vote on Controversial Rule That Has Made Agency a Political Football

Also, Big 4 accounting firms flagged for lots of deficiencies in PCAOB inspection reports; SEC's Birdthistle is headed back to academia; House Financial Services wants to hear from FDIC whistleblowers

It’s finally coming. The SEC announced tonight that commissioners will vote on a final climate disclosure rule next Wednesday. The meeting will come almost two years after it was first proposed.

The plan to require companies to disclose greenhouse gas emissions and risks associated with global warming has been an especially tough lift for the commission.…