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Wyoming Treasurer, Secretary of State debate over ESG bill (2025)
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The Wyoming Legislature is currently debating a bill to prohibit ESG considerations in state investments. Most recently, the state’s treasurer and secretary of state (who both say they oppose ESG investing) have taken different positions on the anti-ESG legislation.
States with Republican trifectas tend to enact legislation opposing ESG, while states with Democratic trifectas tend to enact legislation supporting ESG. The disagreement between Treasurer Curt Meier (R)—who opposes House Bill 80—and Secretary of State Chuck Gray (R)—who supports the bill—shows that approaches can vary even between ESG opponents.
According to Cowboy State Daily:
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Although both State Treasurer Curt Meier and Secretary of State Chuck Gray oppose ESG, they expressed significantly different opinions about HB 80 and the topic of ESG on Cowboy State Daily’s Morning Show with Jake on Monday. Meier takes a slightly more agnostic approach to ESG and argues that the state should be most concerned with making as much money as possible, while Gray believes Wyoming should take a hardline stance against ESG regardless of the financial fallout. “We shouldn’t have anything to do with them (ESG),” Gray said.[1] |
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See also
- Environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG)
- Economy and Society: Ballotpedia's ESG newsletter
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Footnotes
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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