Anti-ESG Arguments Sway Some at Environmental Conference

Anti-ESG Arguments Sway Some at Environmental Conference
Coal is loaded onto a truck at a mine near Cumberland, Ky., on Aug. 26, 2019. Scott Olson/Getty Images
Nathan Worcester
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The general consensus at The Economist’s “Sustainability Week” meeting in Washington wasn’t hard to miss: environmental problems pose an existential threat that the market and the government can partner to thwart.

That perspective, which can be heard in elite technocratic circles from New York City to Brussels, came across strongly in one early question from moderator Vijay Vaitheeswaran, the publication’s global energy & climate innovation editor.

Nathan Worcester
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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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