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April 24, 2013

San Francisco Supervisors Vote for Fossil Fuel Divestment 
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The San Francisco Board of Supervisors has passed a unanimous measure
calling for the city's retirement system to divest over $583 million
from fossil fuels. The resolution urges the $16 billion San Francisco
Employee’s Retirement System to pull out the stock it holds in 91 of
the 200 top fossil fuel corporations in the world. The vote marked the
latest in a national effort for divestment called Go Fossil Free, which
organizers say is modeled on the international solidarity campaign
against South African apartheid.

 

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