United States: Seattle Mayor Orders City to Divest from Fossil Fuels

EcoWatch: More than 2,000 people joined 350.org in Seattle on Nov. 7 to kick-off the "Do the Math" tour and nationwide divestment campaign. Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn sent a letter to the city's two chief pension funds last week, formally requesting that they "refrain from future investments in fossil fuel companies and begin the process of divesting our pension portfolio from those companies." "Climate change is one of the most important challenges we currently face as a city and as a society," wrote...

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