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West Virginia Targets Proxy Voting in Fight Over ESG

West Virginia Targets Proxy Voting in Fight Over ESG
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Nathan Worcester
Nathan Worcester
Senior Reporter
1/25/2023|Updated: 1/25/2023
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In a Jan. 25 interview with The Epoch Times, West Virginia Treasurer Riley Moore outlined a new state bill intended to ensure that proxy voting for shareholders isn’t a vehicle for environmental, social, and governance (ESG) principles that undercut the interest of those shareholders.

“ESG is obviously a nonsensical investment strategy that has been distorting the free market for quite a while,” Moore said.

Nathan Worcester
Nathan Worcester
Senior Reporter
Nathan Worcester is an award-winning journalist for The Epoch Times based in Washington, D.C. He frequently covers Capitol Hill, elections, and the ideas that shape our times. He has also written about energy and the environment. Nathan can be reached at [email protected]
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