North Dakota joins 18 other states to fight the anti-fossil fuel agenda

File – Visitors to the financial district walk past the New York Stock Exchange, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022, in New York. After sweeping through battles in…

File – Visitors to the financial district walk past the New York Stock Exchange, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022, in New York. After sweeping through battles in statehouses across the country, the war against what’s called ESG investing is heating up in Congress. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

by: Adrienne Oglesby

Posted: Mar 18, 2023 / 04:51 PM CDT

Updated: Mar 20, 2023 / 08:01 AM CDT

NORTH DAKOTA (KXNET) — Governor Doug Burgum has now partnered with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and 17 other states in the fight against ESG.
ESG stands for Environmental, Social, and Governance, and a lot of President Biden’s agenda with this lies in clean energy and ending fossil fuels once and for all.
Something that may hurt North Dakota’s economy overall.

So, where will the funding come from to push this ESG agenda? According to Congress, out of our taxes and our retirement funds.
North Dakota and the other 18 states signed a joint statement saying they’re committed to lead state-level efforts to protect individuals from the ESG movement that threatens the vitality of the American economy.
They also say they want to protect America’s economic freedom, such as removing all state pension funds and state-controlled investments from firms that follow the ESG model that’s anti-fossil fuel.

To view the full joint statement, click here.