Category: ESG

The Heat You’re Feeling Could Just Be El Nino

If temperatures hit unseasonable highs this fall and winter don’t blame fossil fuels, blame El Nino, a group of climate analysts say. Flying in the face of the prevailing narrative on climate change, a recent report on the Pacific Ocean weather phenomenon known as El Nino argues that this weather phenomenon corresponds more closely to…


IN-DEPTH: A Revolution Is Unfolding Against ‘Woke’ Corporate America, Here’s the Strategy Behind It

Consumer boycotts against “woke” corporations such as Target and Anheuser-Busch are the key to reversing race, gender, and environmental activism in corporate America, according to conservative groups. That’s because customers ditching companies pushing left-wing policies have given conservative groups the traction they needed to fight them legally. Scott Shepard is a Fellow at the National…


IN-DEPTH: A Quiet Revolution Is Unfolding Against ‘Woke’ Corporate America—Here’s the Strategy Behind It

Consumer boycotts against “woke” corporations such as Target and Anheuser-Busch are the key to reversing race, gender, and environmental activism in corporate America, according to conservative groups. That’s because customers ditching companies pushing left-wing policies have given conservative groups the traction they needed to fight them legally. Scott Shepard is a Fellow at the National…


Canada’s Carbon Pricing Poses a $256 Billion Financial Risk, Study Finds

A study by the University of Waterloo suggests that Canada’s carbon pricing scheme is creating large financial risks, especially for the resource sector. The study, titled Carbon Costs and Credit Risk in a Resource-Based Economy: Carbon Cost Impact on the Z-Score of Canadian TSX 260 Companies and recently published in the Journal of Management and…


Three Steps to Defend Your Retirement Against ‘Woke’ ESG Investments

The ongoing push for environment, social, and governance (ESG) policies has driven retirement accounts into a downward spiral. Stagnant and oftentimes fading portfolios are being filled with “woke” investments thanks in large part to new guidance from the White House. On top of politics, mega-money managers like BlackRock are pressuring businesses to focus less on…


IN-DEPTH: Shareholder Votes Show Support for ESG Falling

This year’s spring season of shareholder voting is leading some to believe that the tide may be turning against the left-wing corporate pressure campaign that goes under the awkward moniker of Environmental, Social and Governance, or ESG. “The big story this year is the drop in support for ESG proposals,” Scott Shepard, a fellow at…


Montana AG Suing Legal Fund Amid Claims It Mismanaged Taxpayer Funds, Advanced Left-Wing Causes

Republican Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen filed a lawsuit on Thursday against a nonprofit organization of state prosecutors following allegations the organization has been mismanaging public funds. Knudsen’s lawsuit (pdf), filed in Montana district court, targets the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG). NAAG is funded through taxpayer dollars paid by member states and the…


IN-DEPTH: Democrats Decry GOP Anti-ESG Hearing as ‘An Attack on Economic Freedom’

Finance and energy experts testified before the House Oversight Committee on Tuesday that the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) movement is impairing Americans’ retirement savings, reducing living standards, and infringing on civil rights, while Democrat members protested that GOP efforts against ESG threatened Americans’ economic freedom. “As American families continue to struggle under rampant inflation,…


LIVE 2 PM ET: House Oversight Subcommittee Hearing on ESG and Its Impact

The House Oversight Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs holds a hearing on ESG Part II: The Cascading Impacts of ESG Compliance at 2:00 p.m. ET on June 6. Mandy Gunasekara, director of Center for Energy & Conservation, Independent Women’s Forum; Jason Isaac, director of Life: Powered, Texas Public Policy Foundation; Stephen…


LIVE NOW: House Oversight Subcommittee Hearing on ESG and Its Impact

The House Oversight Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs holds a hearing on ESG Part II: The Cascading Impacts of ESG Compliance at 2:00 p.m. ET on June 6. Mandy Gunasekara, director of Center for Energy & Conservation, Independent Women’s Forum; Jason Isaac, director of Life: Powered, Texas Public Policy Foundation; Stephen…