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The Fable Of The Pirkey Power Plant (As Told By Texas State Senator Bryan Hughes)
The Fable Of The Pirkey Power Plant
(As Told By Texas State Senator Bryan Hughes)
Articles 2022, News & Analysis
Precis of the Fable Evil fossil fuel devouring Monster Asset Managers (MAMs) forced Princess AEP to prematurely kill her beloved child Pirkey. Jobs and heat for homes were lost....
ESG Is Not About Ethical Standards And Ethical Values
ESG Is Not About Ethical Standards
And Ethical Values
Articles 2022, News & Analysis
Over the past year I’ve certainly had some fun banging on about those in the GOP who are ranting about ESG. Their flawed reasoning and fiery rhetoric made this an easy thing to...
Companies Should Pay And Report Their Taxes: A Bipartisan Proposal
Companies Should Pay And Report Their Taxes:
A Bipartisan Proposal
Articles 2022, News & Analysis
Three recent articles have given me an idea which I think the most extreme on the left and the most extreme on the right could agree on. Companies should pay the statutory tax...
My Reply To The Letter From Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH-4) I Didn’t Get
My Reply To The Letter From
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH-4) I Didn’t Get
Articles 2022, News & Analysis
Dear Representative Jordan, A number of my liberal friends have sent me the December 6, 2022 letter you and some of your colleagues in the House sent to Ms. Mindy Lubber, the...
A Conversation With Greg Goff About The Energy Transition And ESG
A Conversation With Greg Goff
About The Energy Transition And ESG
Articles 2022, News & Analysis
I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Mr. Greg Goff, an experienced oil and gas executive. Mr. Goff was President and Chief Executive Officer of Andeavor (an integrated...
A Suggested Corporate Target For House Hearings On ESG: NextEra Energy
A Suggested Corporate Target For
House Hearings On ESG: NextEra Energy
Articles 2022, News & Analysis
It is inevitable that soon in the new year various House committees will start hearings to address what some members of the GOP regard as the threat ESG represents to investor...
A Thanksgiving Day Memo To Florida Governor Ron DeSantis
A Thanksgiving Day Memo
To Florida Governor Ron DeSantis
Articles 2022, News & Analysis
Let’s start with your blowout victory in being re-elected governor with nearly 60 percent of the popular vote, 20 points more than your Democratic rival. Big congratulations! You...
Review of Comments on SEC Climate Rulemaking
Review of Comments
on SEC Climate Rulemaking
Articles 2022, News & Analysis
In June, the comment period closed on the SEC’s proposed rulemaking on “The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Financial Disclosures” (the Proposal). The SEC...
My Personal Thanks To SFOF For Their Commitment To DE&I
My Personal Thanks To SFOF
For Their Commitment To DE&I
Articles 2022, News & Analysis
SFOF is the State Financial Officers Foundation whose “mission is to drive fiscally sound public policy, by partnering with key stakeholders, and educating Americans on the role...
Facing up to shortfalls – and trade-offs – in the Sustainable Development Goals
Facing up to shortfalls – and trade-offs – in
the Sustainable Development Goals
Articles 2022, News & Analysis
The Sustainable Development Goals need rescuing, a global sustainable investors group warned recently. The SDGs are a collection of 17 interlinked goals ranging from decent work...
BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU: ALEC’s Doublethink Attack On America’s Free Markets
BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU:
ALEC’s Doublethink Attack On America’s Free Markets
Articles 2022, News & Analysis
Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one’s mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them. The Party intellectual knows in which direction his...
An Open Letter To Five Republican Senators (Which I Hope Will Be Helpful)
An Open Letter To Five Republican Senators
(Which I Hope Will Be Helpful)
Articles 2022, News & Analysis
It’s election day! I know all of you are very busy and hoping very much that you take control of the Senate. I must admit that the polls are looking pretty good for you. I expect...
From “Who Cares Wins” To Pernicious Progressivism: 18 Years Of ESG
From “Who Cares Wins” To Pernicious Progressivism:
18 Years Of ESG
Articles 2022, News & Analysis
ESG never had it so good! For starters, notice how I didn’t feel like I had to spell out the acronym. Until recently that was hardly the case. Gloriously, what the letters stand...
From Businessman To Business Activist: A Conversation With Ben Tolhurst Of Business Declares
From Businessman To Business Activist:
A Conversation With Ben Tolhurst Of Business Declares
Articles 2022, News & Analysis
I was introduced to Ben Tolhurst by my good friend Charmian (Char) Love. I interviewed her last year after COP 26 to get her reflections on this event in her role as an “Activist...
Can’t tell the players without a scorecard: Sorting out ESG, impact and sustainability
Can’t tell the players without a scorecard: Sorting out
ESG, impact and sustainability
The Land of ESG is embroiled in a two-front war. Identifying the combatants and their arguments may help practitioners keep track of the conversation, and get on with the work of...
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