After news broke that four financial leviathans managing trillions of dollars had abandoned a massive environmental, social and governance (ESG) pressure group, ABC News, NBC News, and CBS News ignored the story in their evening coverage.
Financial giants including BlackRock, State Street, JP Morgan and Pimco withdrew from Climate Action 100+ over apparent fears that such a meeting would violate federal antitrust law, The New York Times reported. In particular, these companies reportedly feared the next phase of the Climate Action 100+ plan to move from pressuring companies to disclose ESG data to pressure companies to lower their emissions or use “fewer fossil fuels.” Despite the incredible impact of this ESG apocalypse which a number of lawmakers responded to, the big three networks ignored this monumental victory for consumers. NBC Nightly News, ABC…
