Environmental

West Virginia Treasurer Riley Moore said on Wednesday the West Virginia Board of Treasury Investments (WVBTI) outperformed the funds run by BlackRock and other firms blacklisted from doing business with the state the last year for boycotting the fossil fuel industry. The WVBTI, which manages the short-term operating funds for

Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Joe Manchin (D-WV) suggested corporations and financial firms embracing environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing are not considering the geopolitical risks. Manchin, who is up for reelection in a state rallying against ESG policies, is starting to speak out more against the ESG

Democrat Michigan Gov.Gretchen Whitmer reportedly wants to give disgraced rail company Norfolk Southern $15 million in taxpayer dollars even after it had two disastrous derailments this past month.

Vanguard CEO Tim Buckley is now defending his position to remove the world’s second-largest asset manager from a climate alliance with asset managers, claiming his company is “not in the game of politics” and his “voice was being drowned out.” Toward the end of 2022, Vanguard quit the Net

Tensions are reportedly brewing within the Net-Zero Banking Alliance’s (NZBA) climate-conscious lenders after the group decided against imposing binding restrictions on fossil-fuel financing.

Australian lawmakers are engaged in fierce debate over changes to the “Safeguard Mechanism,” which would require top polluting facilities to reduce emissions by 4.9 percent each year to 2030, or face penalties. The policy covers 215 sites that emit more than 100,000 tons of carbon dioxide a year

Florida’s CFO Jimmy Patronis told Breitbart News he’s looking to give the best “return on investment” for Floridians and the Sunshine State instead of focusing on pushing a political agenda in investing such as environmental, social, and governance (ESG) policies. “My main goal is just getting the maximum

Forty-nine Senate Republicans and Sen.Joe Manchin (D-WV) unveiled a resolution that would eliminate President Joe Biden’s ESG investing rule, which may politicize 401(k)s.

Oklahoma state Treasurer Todd Russ sent a letter, first seen by Breitbart News, to numerous national financial institutions, including fund managers and banks, demanding answers to a questionnaire asking who is “boycott[ing] energy companies” in Oklahoma and should be placed on a blacklist. The companies will have 60 days

The price of electricity and gas is likely to remain high in Europe for the foreseeable future, with one German supplier warning that prices are likely to double in the coming months rather than go down. Ingbert Liebing, the head of the Association of Municipal Enterprises in Germany, has warned

Diablo Canyon, the last operational nuclear power plant in California, could be forced to shut down by 2025 despite a five-year extension signed by Gov.

House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) said in a statement on Tuesday that Democrats have continued to abuse the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), while Republicans want to lower gas prices by “unleashing American energy.” “At a time when gas prices are on the rise, Secretary Granholm

Florida Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Jimmy Patronis on Monday blocked asset managers from investing $5.1 billion of state pension pool from being invested in financial products associated with Environmental, Societal and Governance (ESG) standards in the latest push against the policy movement. Patronis signed a directive that bars the