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Fossil fuel divestment spells crisis for pensioners and taxpayers redlandsdailyfacts.com/2022/06/09/fos… - Desperate arguments against #ESG's pushed by #ALEC's VP of policy

Texas' Law Banning State Investment in Companies That Boycott #FossilFuels Draws Interest Elsewhere dallasobserver.com/news/texas-pro… idea is spreading to red states Oklahoma, West Virginia, Indiana and Louisiana, where the bills have their beginnings in draft legislation written by #ALEC

Leveritt, ACLU Want Supreme Court Review of Pro-Israel Pledge arkansasbusiness.com/article/140462… never mind the detour into religious prophecy. Arkansas Times Publisher Leveritt argues that the law punishes businesses for refusing to take what is essentially a political position.

Column: The GOP is now complaining about environmentally responsible investing latimes.com/business/story… "For Republicans and the right wing, #ESG is the new #criticalracetheory. It’s a concept nebulous enough to be made to seem offensive or evil...woke capitalism.”

Financial Firm Cashes in on the Anti-Woke Crusade exposedbycmd.org/2022/08/01/fin… via @EXPOSEDbyCMD "anyone who wishes to invest in more sustainable ways of doing business as the climate crisis worsens is simply cynical and imposing a woke political agenda where it isn’t wanted"
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Texas' Law Banning State Investment in Companies That Boycott Fossil Fuels Draws Interest Elsewhere dallasobserver.com/news/texas-pro… New law banning #ESG, based on an #ALEC model bill, is now spreading to Oklahoma, West Virginia, Indiana and Louisiana

How Republicans Are ‘Weaponizing’ Public Office Against Climate Action nytimes.com/2022/08/05/cli… “The State Financial Officers Foundation is a key node in a network of political groups waging a coordinated attack on climate policy,”

2/ "The Heritage Foundation, the Heartland Institute and the American Petroleum Institute are among the conservative groups with ties to the #fossilfuel industry that have been working with the State Financial Officers Foundation" #KochNetwork

3/ "The State Financial Officers Foundation shares many ties with #ALEC, a conservative group with longstanding ties to the #Koch brothers. CEO Lisa Nelson, is on the State Financial Officers Foundation board, and chief economist, Jonathan Williams, is a senior policy adviser"

4/ JPMorgan, Wells Fargo, Visa, Mastercard, Fidelity, Federated Hermes and SAP — all of which have publicly embraced E.S.G. principles -- have donated to the State Financial Officers Foundation.

18 State AGs Join Missouri’s Investigation into ESG Ratings Company Morningstar and its Subsidiary Sustainalytics ago.mo.gov/home/news/2022… 18 GOP RAGAs join investigating "Morningstar’s perceived anti-Israel bias in ESG ratings products like Sustainalytics’ 'Human Rights Radar'"

1/ Martin: Fighting ESG's Collectivism Right Thing to Do newsmax.com/politics/flori… "pushback against a decades-long movement by the radical left to achieve through backroom corporate maneuvers what it cannot achieve in broad daylight through the legislative or political process"

2/ The Newsmax commentary's author, Jenny Beth Martin, is the cofounder of Tea Party Patriots and Honorary Chairman of Tea Party Patriots Action. She is also a Gold Circle Member and Executive Council Member of the Council for National Policy.