Episode Details

A Texas State Investment fund, under the leadership of school board chairman Aaron Kinsey, just divested 8.5 billion dollars from Blackrock. Blackrock quickly retaliated, suggesting that the move was against the law. On this episode of Meeting of Minds we talk to the Honorable Jason Isaac, formerly of the Texas Legislature, who played a key role in drafting the legislation. Isaac defends the Texas law and the decision to divest from Blackrock as in accordance with that law. Isaac also discusses research from the American Energy Institute and from the Texas Public Policy Foundation showing exactly how Blackrock attacks the energy industry. Isaac goes on to defend the Treasurer of Oklahoma Todd Russ, who is likewise under attack for following his state's law and attempting to divest from Blackrock. Finally, Isaac shows how the anti-fossil fuel agenda is really an anti-human agenda, at war with humans and with nature.

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