By Susan Arbetter New York State PUBLISHED 6:00 PM ET Dec. 09, 2020 PUBLISHED 6:00 PM EST Dec. 09, 2020
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The change was eight years in the making, but New York State Comptroller Tom DiNapoliâs decision to divest the stateâs massive pension fund from fossil fuels over four years is an enormous victory for environmentalists, according to climate activists and author Bill McKibben.
âItâs a huge part of this global divestment effort thatâs now at about $15 trillion,â McKibben told
Capital Tonight. âLook, the Pope and the Queen of England have both divested in the course of this year but they donât have as much money as the Comptroller of the State of the New York. Itâs the largest pension fund that divested yet, breaking the record set three years ago by Scott Stringer who dives
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