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Heavy LiftingPolitics & institutions

What We Are Holding Constant

Tne Anti-ESG Ecosystem: Part II, Chapter 5 — This chapter defines the methodological constants that structure the remainder of this book. These constants are not empirical claims offered for validation, nor normative positions offered for…

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Edge by Edge: How the System Actually Works

The Anti-ESG Ecosystem: Part II, Chapter 4 — A system can be described without being understood. When people talk about pressure, they often imagine something overt and intentional—a demand issued, a rule imposed, a vote taken, a…

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The Seven Edge System

The Anti-ESG Ecosystem: Part II, Chapter 3 — Part II: The Analytical Foundation If Part I establishes what the anti-ESG ecosystem is and how pressure enters it, Part II explains how that pressure actually moves. This section provides the…

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Heavy LiftingClimate & society

Dedication, Acknowledgements, and Prologue

The Anti-ESG Ecosystem: Politics, Capital, and Climate — Here is a link to the book. Please feel free to share it with others who are interested in this topic.

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Making Sustainability Financially Relevant

…book. Over the past five years, “sustainability” and the acronym “ESG” have become politicized at both ends of the spectrum. On the left, critics argue these ideas have been capture…

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Heavy LiftingPolitics & institutions

Imagining a Fifth Circuit’s Decision

…a 2021 Texas law targeting environmental, social, and governance (ESG) policies, ruling it unconstitutional and blocking its enforcement. Judge Albright is a 2018 appointee of President Trump to the Western District of Texas, where his…

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Heavy LiftingClimate & society

The Texas Power Paradox

…reality when it comes to Texas. While Texas politicians rail against ESG investing and environmental regulations, the Lone…

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Heavy LiftingClimate & society

Nebraska Is a Climate Champion

…undefined period and, out of context, quotes the ever-quotable anti-ESG SEC Commissioner Hester M. Peirce as saying that “many climate disclosures are high-priced guesses about the present and future.” Except that isn’t quite what they…

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