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Texas sues BlackRock, State Street and Vanguard over ESG strategy on coal
28 November 2024Texas' Attorney General has sued BlackRock, State Street Corporation, and Vanguard Group, alleging they were "conspiring to artificially constrict the market for coal through anticompetitive trade practices" relating to their ESG strategies.
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Texas brands Barclays 'fossil fuel boycotter' alongside muni bond ban
29 January 2024The Attorney General of Texas has banned Barclays from underwriting municipal bonds in the oil rich US state after it classified the UK-listed bank as being a "fossil fuel boycotter".
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'Bring it on': California commissioner bullish on fossil fuel divestment
17 July 2017Commissioner Dave Jones was threatened with legal action from 12 Republican attorney generals who oppose his fossil fuel investments disclosure initiative. The threats appear to have spurred Jones on, however. Callum Tanner reports