“BlackRock, the world’s biggest asset manager, is abandoning an influential net-zero alliance after coming under pressure from Republican politicians over its support for “woke” climate policies. The New York-headquartered firm, which manages $11.5 trillion of assets, said it would leave the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative. Members of the group pledge to support the goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, including by using their votes on behalf of shareholders at corporate meetings. “- The Times
It's both staggering & depressing that climate change denying politicians can do things like this. Their descendants will conclude that they were misguided and self-serving.
