{"id":255037,"date":"2023-04-28T12:10:30","date_gmt":"2023-04-28T10:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=255037"},"modified":"2023-04-28T12:10:40","modified_gmt":"2023-04-28T10:10:40","slug":"claim-anti-esg-investment-state-leaders-have-conflicts-of-interest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=255037","title":{"rendered":"Claim: Anti-ESG Investment State Leaders Have Conflicts of Interest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"407\" data-attachment-id=\"255046\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=255046\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/05vetsrzhmdkmaxresdefault.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"05vetsrzhmdkmaxresdefault\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/05vetsrzhmdkmaxresdefault.jpg?fit=723%2C407&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/05vetsrzhmdkmaxresdefault.jpg?resize=723%2C407&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-255046\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/05vetsrzhmdkmaxresdefault.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/05vetsrzhmdkmaxresdefault.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/05vetsrzhmdkmaxresdefault.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/05vetsrzhmdkmaxresdefault.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/05vetsrzhmdkmaxresdefault.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/Watts Up With That?\">Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Essay by Eric Worrall<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"255039\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=255039\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-512.png?fit=413%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"413,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-512\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-512.png?fit=413%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-512.png?resize=577%2C838&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-255039\" width=\"577\" height=\"838\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-512.png?w=413&amp;ssl=1 413w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-512.png?resize=207%2C300&amp;ssl=1 207w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 577px) 100vw, 577px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Florida Governor Ron Desantis.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Ron_DeSantis_2020_(cropped).jpg\">U.S. Secretary of Defense<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\">CC BY 2.0<\/a>, via Wikimedia Commons<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Naomi Oreskes, personal fossil fuel investments by politicians leading ESG divestment constitute a conflict of interest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>State leaders targeting climate investing have quiet stakes in the fossil fuel industry<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PUBLISHED MON, APR 24 20237:00 AM EDTUPDATED MON, APR 24 2023AT 2:50 EDT<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/brian-schwartz\/\">Brian Schwartz<\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/schwartzbCNBC\" target=\"_blank\">@SCHWARTZBCNBC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A handful of state financial officers who have criticized environmental, social and governance investing own stakes in the fossil fuel industry, according to their financial disclosures.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The investments could pose conflicts of interest, as those oil and gas companies could suffer from wider adoption of clean energy, according to ethics experts.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Republicans have increasingly criticized ESG investing platforms and pulled state funds away from BlackRock and other firms that have adopted them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In October, Scott Fitzpatrick, then-treasurer of Missouri,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/treasurer.mo.gov\/newsroom\/news-and-events-item?pr=80669a5f-5c6b-491f-a0f0-6abe4c012604\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced<\/a>&nbsp;his state would pull $500 million out of pension funds managed by BlackRock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said he would move Missouri\u2019s money away from the asset manager because it was&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/treasurer.mo.gov\/newsroom\/news-and-events-item?pr=80669a5f-5c6b-491f-a0f0-6abe4c012604\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cprioritizing\u201d<\/a>&nbsp;environmental, social and governance investing over shareholder returns.<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>Fitzpatrick, a Republican who won election as the state\u2019s auditor in November, used his office as treasurer to target BlackRock after years of criticizing Wall Street for a perceived turn toward investing focused on climate and social issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As he homed in on BlackRock, Fitzpatrick quietly held a financial stake in a massive fossil fuel company that could suffer from the broader adoption of alternative energy.<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>Fitzpatrick and his wife owned a more than $10,000 stake in Chevron during both of 2022 and 2021, according to his latest financial disclosures filed with the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">State leaders face possible conflicts of interest when they have a chance to see financial gains from the fossil fuel industry as they use their offices to defend the sector \u2014 or in some cases move their state\u2019s dollars away from clean-energy investments,<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>government ethics experts told CNBC. As the officials ramp up their criticism of Wall Street investment practices, a lack of state laws requiring regular stock disclosures makes it difficult for the public to monitor what personal stake their representatives could have in the actions they take in office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026Read more:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2023\/04\/24\/state-leaders-taking-on-climate-saw-boost-from-fossil-fuel-.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2023\/04\/24\/state-leaders-taking-on-climate-saw-boost-from-fossil-fuel-.html<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Michael Mann also chimed in with an evil bomb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"255042\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=255042\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/0Screenshot-2023-04-28-114533.png?fit=601%2C350&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"601,350\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0Screenshot-2023-04-28-114533\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/0Screenshot-2023-04-28-114533.png?fit=601%2C350&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/0Screenshot-2023-04-28-114533.png?resize=723%2C421&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-255042\" width=\"723\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/0Screenshot-2023-04-28-114533.png?w=601&amp;ssl=1 601w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/0Screenshot-2023-04-28-114533.png?resize=300%2C175&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sometimes it really is just about the money:  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mE2OGajAKd\">https:\/\/t.co\/mE2OGajAKd<\/a><\/p>&mdash; NaomiOreskes (@NaomiOreskes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NaomiOreskes\/status\/1650860143079477249?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 25, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My question to Mann and Oreskes \u2013 what money? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Why are investments in fossil fuel a problem?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since the green revolution is inevitable, and renewables are cheaper than fossil fuels, surely people who invest in fossil fuels are simply dooming their personal finances to inevitable deep losses, when all their fossil fuel assets are stranded by the inexorable rise of unreliable, intermittent green energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of course, if claims that renewables are cheaper and better are actually a pack of lies, I understand your angst.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Of course, if claims that renewables are cheaper and better are actually a pack of lies, I understand your angst.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":255046,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691819146,691818229,691819147,691818215],"class_list":{"0":"post-255037","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-blackrock","9":"tag-esg","10":"tag-green-revolution","11":"tag-michael-mann","13":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/05vetsrzhmdkmaxresdefault.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-14lv","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":355747,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=355747","url_meta":{"origin":255037,"position":0},"title":"Trump to Bury Already Dead\u00a0ESG","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"20\/12\/2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Investors are losing interest in the concept, and claims that ESG would reduce global warming, or starve fossil fuel groups of capital, look overblown.","rel":"","context":"In \"BlackRock\u2019s Larry Fink\"","block_context":{"text":"BlackRock\u2019s Larry Fink","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=blackrocks-larry-fink"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/0-RIP-SSG.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/0-RIP-SSG.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/0-RIP-SSG.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/0-RIP-SSG.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/0-RIP-SSG.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":343327,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=343327","url_meta":{"origin":255037,"position":1},"title":"Good News: SEC\u2019s ESG Plans Thwarted with Biden Term\u00a0Ending","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"16\/09\/2024","format":false,"excerpt":"SEC Chair Gary Gensler started out with big plans on ESG. 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While skeptics might dismiss the agreement as symbolic, a closer inspection\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"BlackRock\"","block_context":{"text":"BlackRock","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=blackrock"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0Screenshot-2025-01-18-162423.png?fit=1199%2C899&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0Screenshot-2025-01-18-162423.png?fit=1199%2C899&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0Screenshot-2025-01-18-162423.png?fit=1199%2C899&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0Screenshot-2025-01-18-162423.png?fit=1199%2C899&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0Screenshot-2025-01-18-162423.png?fit=1199%2C899&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":334728,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=334728","url_meta":{"origin":255037,"position":3},"title":"ESG and stakeholder capitalism: A necessary deconstruction","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"26\/06\/2024","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201cI\u2019m not going to use the word \u2018ESG\u2019 because it\u2019s been misused by the far left and the far right,\u201d Larry Fink, chairman and chief executive of BlackRock, declared a year ago. 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