NYC Pensions Are Sued for Shedding Fossil Fuels

Woman holding protest sign that reads, i want the children i spent my life teaching to actually have a future. please divest our pensions from fossil fuel companies - retired nyc teacher, uft

Monica Weiss attended her first fossil-fuel divestment protest on a frigid February day in 2015. She joined college students, financial experts, faith leaders, and then-New York City Public Advocate Letitia James in front of the New York Stock Exchange to demand that the cityโ€™s five public pension funds factor the financial risks of climate change […]