Here’s one way to solve the ESG culture wars with red states
Remove the ideology by removing the special overlay of ESG status.
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Trey Thoelcke
An ESG survivor’s guide to false climate claims this election season
Also, renewables trends point to a coming surge in U.S. solar power.
Handicapping the midterm election scenarios for Biden’s climate policy
If Republicans make gains in Congress, expect less heat on Big Oil and more scrutiny of clean tech subsidies.
Greenwashing 2.0, a new way to earn green stripes
Tire giant Michelin the focus of investigation as regulators look away.
Special report: Top five risks faced by the U.S. and India ahead of COP27 in Egypt
Russian relations, China trade top similar challenges as global warming hits hard.
Here’s how Big Oil might enter clean energy; plus, Egypt’s climate summit draws protests
In today’s issue: — Big oil smells profit in offshore wind — Is Egypt the best place for a climate summit right now? — General Motors takes aim at EV mass market with a…
Europe’s politics lacking energy urgency as election season begins
As Europe enters election season and a gas crunch this winter, the climate issue is largely a distant second or third to concerns about crime, foreign policy and even fascism.
Hawaii’s coal withdrawal will set early U.S. example on transition risk
Plus, the Liz Truss era in the UK starts with a dual fiscal and energy crisis.
Banking Group Pushes Back on SEC’s Climate Mandate
The American Banking Association has called on the Securities and Exchange Commission to revise its climate risk disclosure proposal for public companies. The SEC proposal requires the measurement, disclosure, and auditing of the greenhouse…
California’s climate conundrum: too many goals, too little electricity
California Gov. Gavin Newsom took another big step this week toward locking himself in as the climate candidate in the 2024 presidential election.
This is the real value of greenhouse gas emission estimates
Researchers said they were ‘shocked’ at the lack of predictability.
Renewable deals start to flow in wake of Biden climate deal
Two weeks after the largest climate change bill in U.S. history was signed, the uncertainty removed in the market about America’s new climate ambitions has started to yield real investment.
How the UK’s looming energy crisis will overwhelm its next Prime Minister
Britain’s new Prime Minister will soon face the country’s worst energy crisis in a generation.
ESG, Nuclear Power, and Proxy Voting
The European Commission proposed last year to add natural gas and nuclear power to the so-called EU Taxonomy of clean, sustainable energy sources. Early last month, the EU Parliament voted to include both on…
California’s new EV law is bold, unprecedented, and almost entirely impossible
The California governor’s plan to ban sale of all gasoline-powered cars by 2035 sets a new high bar in the race to convert the world’s auto fleet to electric. It’s also impossible.
Is It Time to Dump ESG?
In 2015, the United Nations adopted a list of 17 sustainable development goals, known as SDGs, intended to drive policies that would end all forms of poverty, fight inequality, and battle climate change. A…
From cloud-seeding to nuclear reactors – the new investor era of climate action
Our stalling over the past 30 years will soon leave us little choice.
The carbon cost debate is about to become real as prices approach €100
Plus, Biden's climate end-around on Supreme Court, and Candela's new boat deal.
Latin America takes early lead in surging carbon capture industry
While the rest of the world is building out a new industry called carbon capture, Brazil oil giant Petrobras has been quietly building its own carbon capture facility.
Green finance machine revives on market rally; plus, the hot new U.S. offshore wind site
A spate of good climate news with passage of President Joe Biden’s climate bill and a summer rally on Wall Street after six months of declines is starting to revive the green finance market in Europe…