‘What a grift!’: How Biden quietly cut Wall Street in on his biggest green giveaway
‘What a grift!’: How Biden quietly cut Wall Street in on his biggest green giveaway By Audrey Streb Three days before President Donald Trump’s inauguration, the Biden administration approved changes that let a green energy nonprofit route $2.65 billion in taxpayer money to four funds managed by Wall Street firms in a move that limited […]
Wall Street’s ‘net zero’ climate push collapses as US banks flee do-gooder alliances
https://nypost.com/2026/08/12/business/wall-streets-net-zero-climate-push-collapses-as-us-banks-flee-do-gooder-alliances-report/ By Ariel Zilber Excerpt: Wall Street’s support of “net zero” climate initiatives has collapsed as major US banks and money managers have bolted from do-gooder environmental coalitions, according to a report. All six major US banks — JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo — have quit the Net […]
Blackrock & WEF CEO Larry Fink now wants to talk about ‘pragmatism’ & says ‘they went too far,’ after being the driving force behind ESG, Net-Zero & the wokification of corporate America
Just a few years after being the *driving force* behind ESG, Net-Zero and the wokification of corporate America, Larry Fink wants to talk about “pragmatism“ and says “they went too far.“ An absolutely incredible sign of the times. Kudos @BretBaier for a great interview. https://t.co/ghcAVSKh1Q — Matt Whitlock (@MattWhitlock) March 11, 2026
NYT: ‘How Wall Street Turned Its Back on Climate Change’ – ‘Six years after the financial industry pledged to use trillions to fight climate change…its efforts have largely collapsed’
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/climate/how-wall-street-turned-its-back-on-climate-change.html New York Times excerpt: In January 2020, Larry Fink, the chief executive of BlackRock, the largest asset manager in the world, stunned the business world by declaring that he intended to use the trillions of dollars managed by his firm to address global warming. “Every government, company, and shareholder must confront climate change,” Mr. […]
Trump’s Withdrawal From UN Climate Bodies Mirrored Corporate Retreat From ESG
Trump’s Withdrawal From UN Climate Bodies Mirrored Corporate Retreat From ESG by Kevin Stocklin via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump put another dent in the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) movement, withdrawing the United States from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and 65 other international organizations dedicated to climate and […]
Trump Order Taking US Out Of UN Climate Orgs Caps Flood Of Corporate Exits
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/trump-order-taking-us-out-un-climate-orgs-caps-flood-corporate-exits By Kevin Stocklin via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump put another dent in the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) movement, withdrawing the United States from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and 65 other international organizations dedicated to climate and social justice. Trump’s order caps a recent trend in which […]
Big Banks No Longer Bound by Federal Climate Accounting Rules as Trump admin rescinds Biden’s ‘Principles for Climate-Related Financial Risk Management for Large Financial Institutions’
Climate Change Weekly # 566— Big Banks No Longer Bound by Federal Climate Accounting Rules By Sterling Burnett In another big move against climate alarmism under the Trump administration, quietly on October 16, the Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency rescinded a set of rules […]
Zillow deletes ‘climate risk’ data from listings after complaints it harms sales – Real estate agents & some homeowners say scores appear arbitrary & hurt sales
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/01/zillow-removes-climate-risk-data-home-listings By Oliver Milman Site removes feature after real estate agents and some homeowners say scores appear arbitrary and hurt sales Zillow, the US’s largest real estate listing site, has removed a feature that allowed people to view a property’s exposure to the climate crisis, following complaints from the industry and some homeowners that it […]
US & Qatar Force EU Climate Policy U-Turn – End of the ESG Era? – ‘The beginning of the end of European climate socialism’
The EU Commission has recently faced mounting pressure from both Washington and the key LNG supplier, Qatar. US Trade Secretary Howard Lutnick had months earlier called on US companies to simply ignore Europe’s ESG framework if it significantly impeded operations—a direct affront to Ursula von der Leyen, who likes to portray herself as the morally superior, untouchable guardian of EU trade.
Together, these forces launched an offensive to bring Brussels’ climate defense to its knees, where cognitive dissonance had taken hold and the undeniable drift of geopolitical power was being ignored.
The ESG Bubble Is Bursting: ‘Politicized investing has hurt America’s domestic energy production, economy, & national security’
https://www.city-journal.org/article/esg-investing-funds-energy-economy By James R. Copland The return of a pro-energy Republican to the White House has corresponded with the bursting of the “ESG” bubble. ESG stands for “environmental, social, and governance,” and ESG funds invest with those principles in mind, not merely to maximize shareholder returns. Through the first quarter of 2025, U.S. ESG funds […]