SACRAMENTO – The Assembly Natural Resources Committee passed Senator Scott Wiener’s (D-San Francisco) Senate Bill 253, the Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act — a first-in-the-nation measure requiring carbon disclosures from large corporations that do business in California. Last week, Salesforce and Microsoft both announced their support of the bill, showing that many corporations welcome its climate transparency requirements. It passed 8-3 and heads next to the Assembly Appropriations Committee. “Transparency is critical for California and the nation to meet our climate goals,” said Senator Wiener. “These common sense disclosures are a critical step for corporations to lead on tackling the climate crisis, as…