Junk Science Week: Net-Zero Edition — Jack M. Mintz: Backlash against ESG only just starting

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If the ESG industry does not smarten up, it will eventually fall flat on its face

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ESG fund managers, insurance companies, banks and European and North American governments have blackballed coal, oil and gas investments because of climate-change concerns, starving them of investment funds. That wasn’t a problem until fossil-fuel demand recovered from the pandemic, leading to a surge in prices. And then Russia invaded Ukraine, causing a spike in energy security concerns, especially in Europe, which now faces a dire winter even as Germany fires up its coal plants.

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