Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, who has proven a reliable roadblock to Biden administration policies, became an unexpected savior of its climate-friendly investing rule for retirement plans. He concluded the administration’s investment rule—which states that fiduciaries may consider environmental, social and governance, or ESG, factors when managing retirement 401(k) accounts— didn’t violate administrative law.
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