IN-DEPTH: State Auditors Say ESG Agenda Has Forced Them to Push Back

Louisiana state treasurer: ‘I didn’t bring a fight to anybody, but corporate America has engaged us in a way that we have to push back on behalf of taxpayers.’

A pump jack operates at a well site leased by Devon Energy Production Company near Guthrie, Okla., on Sept. 15, 2015. Nick Oxford/Reuters

Oklahoma State Auditor Cindy Byrd says she would rather be at her desk, crunching numbers, than taking on political causes.

“Usually, when an auditor is in front of the news, it is just not where we like to be,” Ms. Byrd told The Epoch Times. “We’d like to be back in our office with a spreadsheet computer.”