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September 5, 2024
Kate Aronoff
ESG Investors Are Going to War
The investment vehicles have stoked right-wing rage for being “woke.” But with these funds bulking up on military money, it’s hard to know what that term means anymore.
November 7, 2023
Timothy Noah
The Real Cause of ESG’s Big Crash
Republican governments across America have passed anti-ESG bills, but that’s not why the investment principle has fallen out of favor.
June 30, 2023
Molly Taft
The Right-Wing Groups Behind the War on ESG
A new report sheds light on state-level legislative attacks on the right’s newfound obsession.
June 6, 2023
Tori Otten
Democratic Congresswoman Rips Anti-Trans GOP Witness: “Do You Actually Believe This Garbage?”
Becca Balint is tired.
March 20, 2023
Prem Thakker
Biden Vetoes Anti-ESG Bill, Accomplishing the Barest of Minimums for Climate Change
The president nixes GOP legislation that would have thrown a barrier between investors and their money managers.
March 3, 2023
Timothy Noah
Suddenly, Republicans Want to Rein in the Financial Sector. Wanna Guess Why?
Hint: It’s not because of rip-offs or abuses. Those, they’re fine with.
March 1, 2023
Tori Otten
Every Democrat Who Voted With Republicans to Block a Rule on Sustainable Investing
Environmental, social, and corporate governance, or ESG, investing is Republicans’ new favorite target in the war on “wokeness.” And a few Democrats are helping them.
February 28, 2023
Tori Otten
In Fake Culture War, House Republicans Vote to Ban Retirement Plans From Considering ESG Investments
Republicans are targeting a Labor Department rule that allows (but does not require) retirement plans to take into account environmental, social, and corporate governance.
February 22, 2023
Kate Aronoff
GOP Presidential Candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, Who Used to Do Business With China, Wants to Ban Business With China
The former CEO of biotech company Roivant has done a 180-degree turn on Chinese business opportunities leading up to his presidential run.
February 10, 2023
Kate Aronoff
Republicans’ Anti-ESG Crusade Could Hurt Retirees’ Savings
Forty-nine GOP senators—plus Joe Manchin—are backing a resolution that could damage pension fund returns, just to stick it to the libs.
November 9, 2022
Timothy Noah
Prepare for a New Republican War on “Woke” Capital
Don’t worry too much. Like woke capital itself, it will be mostly playacting.
May 23, 2022
Kate Aronoff
Elon Musk Is the Newest Acolyte of the Right’s Critical Energy Theory Nonsense
Musk’s rant about ESG aligns with a growing conservative movement to denounce sustainable investment as a left-wing plot.
January 4, 2022
Kate Aronoff
The Conservative Plot Against Green Investment
The American Legislative Exchange Council is pushing cookie-cutter laws that could lock pension funds and taxpayers into losing deals—while propping up coal and other fossil fuel firms.
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