Articles
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Energy
Oklahoma lawmaker seeks end of wind-power subsidy
State Sen. Jonathan Wingard (R-Ada) says it is time to end taxpayer subsidization of wind farms.Ray Carter | January 2, 2025
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Budget & Tax, Energy
ESG study highlights danger for Oklahoma taxpayers
Oklahoma’s anti-ESG law is based on sound financial principles that maximize taxpayer benefits and deter attacks on our energy sector. Pension officials should stop fighting this sensible law and instead embrace it.Jonathan Small | November 4, 2024
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Energy
New study reaffirms: ESG investing is bad for Oklahoma
A new report finds that Oklahoma’s Energy Discrimination Elimination Act (EDEA), which prohibits state pensions from using ESG investment strategies, should be preserved.Staff | October 24, 2024
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Energy
Lawsuit highlights poor returns generated by ESG investing
If you want to use your own money to make political statements, that’s fine. But it’s not okay to use other people’s money and put them at risk of a less financially secure retirement, says Jonathan Small, a former board member of the Oklahoma Teachers’ Retirement System.Jonathan Small | August 19, 2024
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Energy
ESG study criticized for ‘significant flaws’; UCO prof defends work
According to the American Accountability Foundation, ESG interests paid a UCO professor about $6,800 “to manufacture a ‘study’ showing that anti-ESG laws are bad.”Ray Carter | August 2, 2024
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Energy
Bolstering Oklahoma law, pensioner sues over ESG investing
A class-action lawsuit targeting American Airlines’ reliance on ESG firms in the management of its employees’ pensions shows that some retired workers agree with Oklahoma’s anti-ESG stance.Ray Carter | July 29, 2024
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Energy
Economists: ESG policies have harmful effects
The American Energy Institute has rebutted an analysis done by the Oklahoma Rural Association that claimed Oklahoma’s anti-ESG law has cost taxpayers money.Curtis Shelton | June 6, 2024
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Energy
Anti-ESG law not harming cities’ borrowing costs, study finds
The Oklahoma Rural Association claimed the Energy Discrimination Elimination Act increased municipal borrowing costs, but a new study by the American Energy Institute found flaws and omissions in their analysis that skewed its findings.Ray Carter | June 6, 2024
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Energy
Study finds government, not investor returns, fuels ESG fad
A new study shows that ESG investment is not pursued because it produces better returns but is instead largely the result of government pressure to promote ESG goals.Ray Carter | June 6, 2024
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Energy
Oklahoma Bar Association official fights to overturn pro-energy law
A leading official with the Oklahoma Bar Association is also leading the charge to overturn a state law that prevents institutions from financially starving Oklahoma oil-and-gas businesses.Ray Carter | May 10, 2024