Three of the largest investment shops in the U.S.—BlackRock, Vanguard and State Street—have long used their dominance in passive-investment funds to force corporations to comply with their preferred set of environmental, social and governance policies.
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin laid into California leaders for approving the phaseout of new gas-powered vehicles by 2035, a stringent emissions rule meant to combat climate change that Virginia by law must now follow.
Even as the people of Germany struggle with a serious cost of living crisis, they are being told by a Green Party minister that there should be a new tax on meat.