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### On August 14th at 10 AM on the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, youth from all over Los Angeles will be demonstrating against the California Teachers’ Retirement Association (CalSTRS) investing billions of dollars into fossil fuels. CalSTRS is the 2nd largest pension fund in the U.S., managing over 300 billion dollars and serving…
IMMEDIATE RELEASE7am EST, Monday, March 15, 2021Contacts: Miriam Eide, miriam@fossilfreeca.org, 507-923-6346Sandy Emerson, sandy@fossilfreeca.org, 650-743-0524 Sacramento, California — The California Public Employees Retirement System still holds $8.5 million in thermal coal producers that were mandated to be excluded by SB 185, a 2015 state law on thermal coal divestment. SB185, the 2015 Public Divestiture of Thermal…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Miriam Eide – miriam@fossilfreeca.org – 507-923-6346 Faculty Association for California Community Colleges (FACCC) Endorses Divestment joining a growing movement urging CalSTRS to move its money out of fossil fuels Sacramento, CA – FACCC, an advocacy group for community college faculty, is the latest teachers’ professional association to call on the California State…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 14th, 7am EST Contacts: Miriam Eide, miriam@fossilfreeca.org, 507-923-634 Sandy Emerson, sandy@fossilfreeca.org, 650-743-0524 Vanessa Warheit, vwarheit@gmail.com, 415-225-4435 If CalPERS Divested from Coal, Why Does It Still have $6.5B Invested? Report Finds Nation’s Largest Pension Fund Remains Heavily Invested in Coal, Possibly in Violation of California Law Sacramento, California — A new report…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Vanessa Warheit, vanessa@fossilfreeca.org 415-225-4435 or Miriam Eide, miriam@fossilfreeca.org, 507-923-6346 California Teachers Deliver Scathing Climate Report Card To CalSTRS Retirement Fund Amidst Multiple Climate Disasters, Nation’s Second Largest Pension Fund Receives Failing Grades on “Climate Competence” West Sacramento, California — Returning to school amidst a pandemic and multiple climate disasters, public school…
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