The U.S. Isn’t Leading the World on Climate Change Mitigation, and That’s Not Likely to Shift

From Bloomberg:

 The House Judiciary Committee said it’s found “substantial evidence of collusion and anticompetitive behavior” by the financial industry to “impose radical ESG goals” on U.S. companies.

An interim report published by the Republican-led committee said “a cartel” of financial firms and climate activists sought to replace Exxon Mobil Corp. board members in 2021 after the company declined to make a series of climate pledges.

How pathetic.  It looks like Congress is lining up to take action against the segment of the financial industry that is concerned that Big Oil is on a quest to bake our planet so as to enhance its profit levels.

I advise those wringing their hands about all this to content themselves with the sad fact that, at this point, it seems extremely unlikely that the United States will lead the world in the direction of environmental sustainability.  We just re-elected a president whose entire support base believes that concern for the health of our planet is for woke sissies, and whose cabinet picks are even more aggressive on the subject than the president-elect himself.

My advice: just relax, have a glass of wine, and hope that the other 95+% of the world’s population does a better job here than we Americans.  They can’t do any worse.