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Utah Treasurer takes victory lap after stock exchange pulls ESG rule

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Utah State Treasurer Marlo Oaks discusses his own efforts to repeal a proposed rule by the New York Stock Exchange to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that would have created "natural assets companies," created for the purpose of purchasing land and blocking its "unsustainable extractive activities." Oaks push backed on the proposal on multiple grounds, including the high potential for misuse or nonuse of natural resources, ethics concerns, and ultimately the extensive administrative overreach. Additional interviews with AMAC Spokesman Bobby Charles.

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