Armed with information provided by The Heartland Institute, a number of states are passing bills and regulations which pull the states' business, bond writing, pension management, etc…,  from banks, fund management firms, and pension funds whose managers are placing support for progressive ESG and social credit score goals ahead of making a profit and a return on investment.

The states laws are intended to prevent woke company managers from forcing the companies and individuals they do business with to divest from companies in politically disfavored industries, primarily but not solely, fossil fuels. ESG investing is bad for financial returns, bad for taxpayers, and ultimately bad for the U.S. economy.

Texas has an abundance of coal, natural gas, and oil, leading you to believe it'd have a reliable power grid. This was once true, but politicians started overruling engineers and mucking with the power grid. As it stands, subsidized renewable power sources forced onto the system have left Texans vulnerable to power outages, a problem that could worsen in the future.

During the next legislative session, legislators should implement reforms that prioritize reliability of the electric power system. Wind and solar power subsidy recipients, not Texas’ ratepayers, should pay to ensure sufficient reliable baseload power exists when nature doesn't keep turbines turning or solar panels generating.

Jason Isaac of the Texas Public Policy Foundation joins the show to discuss what went wrong with Texas’ power grid when it failed in 2021 during a brutal winter storm and how it remains unfixed today.

Wind energy is touted as "clean", "environmentally friendly", and effective, when the opposite is true. Industrial wind turbines kill animals that are essential to agriculture, are inefficient as a power source, and can even have a direct effect on your health. These facts can be used to convince local councils to take a second look at proposed wind projects and draft siting regulations and rules that can stop wind projects from getting a foothold.

Learn more at: http://wiseenergy.org/winning-the-wind-war/

State think tanks and advocacy groups need a regular meeting place to share policy ideas and research across states. More, they need to provide access to legislators so they can share concerns and hopes about legislation with the grassroots who can oppose or promote them. The Georgia Second Friday Group meeting provides a forum to share those ideas and points of view. From proposals to limit government, cut taxes, improve education, and reduce crime, these ideas for policies and more are discussed at the Georgia Second Friday meeting.

Climate alarmists mistake computer models for reality. Real-world data shows there is no looming climate catastrophe just 10 years off. The alarmists’ insistence that we're facing a climate apocalypse is nothing more than a ploy for power. Their predictions, like the computer models they are based upon, are consistently wrong. Scientists now realize that the climate is more variable than previously believed. Responding to climate change isn’t about humanity changing the weather. It’s about adapting to natural climate shifts. Society can adapt to, and capitalize on, the changing climate.

The climate change debate is not a fair fight. Authoritarianism reigns throughout the alarmist side, often silencing climate realists before they have a chance to speak. The corporate media does the government's bidding, and the government has no interest in the truth.

Andy Singer, Linnea Lueken, Anthony Watts, and Sterling Burnett discuss how climate alarmism is dominated by authoritarian voices on this week's Climate Change Roundtable.