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RandySF

(58,659 posts)
Tue Mar 14, 2023, 11:38 PM Mar 2023

Utah Treasurer Marlo Oaks tells Republicans that ESG is part of 'Satan's plan'

Utah State Treasurer Marlo Oaks said Saturday that corporate sustainability standards, known as ESG, are part of “Satan’s plan.”

Oaks, speaking to the Salt Lake County Republican Party Convention, said programs like ESG and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were laudable pursuits — like ending world hunger and poverty — but were part of “outcomes-based systems” designed to reach a pre-determined conclusion.

“The goals have been identified. The truth has already been defined that these are the problems, and here are the solutions. The debate is over,” Oaks said.

Oaks then veered into the biblical “war in Heaven” from the Book of Revelation, calling it another “outcomes-based” effort.



https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2023/03/14/utah-treasurer-marlo-oaks-tells/

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Utah Treasurer Marlo Oaks tells Republicans that ESG is part of 'Satan's plan' (Original Post) RandySF Mar 2023 OP
God these people are fucking insane. Initech Mar 2023 #1
Um, not sure I'd be going there, if I were he/she. Abolishinist Mar 2023 #2
Remnants of the (drying) Salt Lake? n/t Vogon_Glory Mar 2023 #4
Environmental Crises are at Utah's Door Vogon_Glory Mar 2023 #3

Abolishinist

(1,289 posts)
2. Um, not sure I'd be going there, if I were he/she.
Wed Mar 15, 2023, 12:22 AM
Mar 2023

Marlo is a girl's name of British origin. It translates to “remnants of a lake” or “drop of the sea” and is thought to be a diminutive version of the name Margaret. One of the world's best-known Marlos is Marlo Thomas, actress, author, and social activist.

Vogon_Glory

(9,113 posts)
3. Environmental Crises are at Utah's Door
Wed Mar 15, 2023, 03:35 AM
Mar 2023

Not only is lake Powell drying up, so is Salt Lake. The Republican Party. Moves further into psychosis each day.

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