ESG is Starting to Lose the Beauty Contest
19 States and their AG's are aggregated to take on Federal Agencies.
“I’m thrilled to see my conservative colleagues join the defense against ‘woke’ Wall Street bankers,” Texas Railroad Commission Chairman Wayne Christian said in the statement.
“Rally the troops: Here in Texas is where we will draw the line against ESG’s detrimental impact on oil and gas,” he added.
Christian — who recently defeated a Republican primary challenger who was pushing for more statewide regulation of pollution caused by oil and gas — made his statement against the backdrop of a broader campaign by Texas’s state government against companies it accuses of boycotting oil and gas.
On Wednesday, State Comptroller Glenn Hegar banned state and local entities from doing business with 10 banks that the state accused of boycotting the oil and gas industry.
https://thehill.com/policy/equilibrium-sustainability/3615577-texas-leading-oil-regulator-joins-war-against-esg/