{"id":1948158,"date":"2023-06-15T14:08:04","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T18:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jim-jordan-targets-climate-activist-groups-in-antitrust-probe\/"},"modified":"2023-06-15T14:10:29","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T18:10:29","slug":"jim-jordan-targets-climate-activist-groups-in-antitrust-probe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jim-jordan-targets-climate-activist-groups-in-antitrust-probe\/","title":{"rendered":"Jim Jordan investigates climate activist groups for antitrust violations."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjim-jordan-targets-climate-activist-groups-in-antitrust-probe%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1948158&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<h2>U.S. Congressional Leader Subpoenas Climate Activists Over Antitrust Concerns<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>A U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-trump-religious-groups-begin-turning-up-heat-on-gop-to-take-action-on-marjorie-taylor-greene\/\" title=\"Pro-Trump, Religious Groups Begin Turning Up Heat On GOP To Take Action On Marjorie Taylor Greene\">congressional leader<\/a> on Wednesday issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gaetz-seeks-contempt-charges-against-ex-prosecutor-for-trump-investigation-silence\/\" title=\"Gaetz wants ex-prosecutor held in contempt for staying silent on Trump investigation.\">subpoena seeking information<\/a> from climate activists over antitrust issues, joining other Republicans who have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jim-jordan-targets-climate-activist-groups-in-antitrust-probe\/\" title=\"Jim Jordan investigates climate activist groups for antitrust violations.\">criticized companies&#8217; growing concern<\/a> for environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Chair of House Judiciary Committee Raises Concerns<\/h3>\n<p>Jim Jordan, chair of the House Judiciary Committee, wrote in a letter to a lawyer for Boston-based sustainability nonprofit Ceres that it &#8220;appears to facilitate collusion&#8221; in potential violation of antitrust law through its work with the Climate Action 100+. Ceres is a sponsor of the latter, an investor coalition aiming to convince companies to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawmakers-debate-future-infrastructure-bills\/\" title=\"Lawmakers debate future infrastructure bills\">address climate change<\/a> by cutting emissions or disclosing transition details.<\/p>\n<p>The letter included a subpoena and states Ceres did not adequately respond to a previous information request.<\/p>\n<p>Various Republican state officials have also demanded documents from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harvard-university-endowment-loses-2-3-billion\/\" title=\"Harvard University Endowment Loses .3 Billion\">top asset managers<\/a> and cited possible violations of antitrust laws through their work with the coalition, though they have not brought charges. Top asset managers have defended their involvement, saying they still prioritize their fiduciary duty to clients.<\/p>\n<p>Ceres general counsel Mike Boudett said it intends to comply with the subpoena, and that redactions in previous material it turned over to Jordan&#8217;s committee were to comply with European privacy rules.<\/p>\n<p>He said membership in the coalition did not pose antitrust issues since investors chose whether to join and use the group to engage with stock issuers.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Nobody\u2019s colluding with anybody. It&#8217;s like you and your friend deciding you want to get a burger so you go to a burger place,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>(Reporting by Ross Kerber in Boston; Editing by Matthew Lewis)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A U.S. congressional leader subpoenaed climate activists for antitrust information, echoing Republican concerns about companies prioritizing environmental, social, and governance (ESG) matters. Jim Jordan, House Judiciary Committee chair, sent a letter to Ceres&#8217; lawyer, seeking details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":1948159,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[5327,5509,4321,6035,6239,4356,9944],"class_list":["post-1948158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon","tag-activist","tag-antitrust","tag-climate","tag-investigates","tag-jim","tag-jordan","tag-violations"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1948158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1948158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1948158\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1948159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1948158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1948158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1948158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}