Author: Darwin BondGraham
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Pulling out of big oil
Effort to move public pension investments to clean energy gains traction.
This article was published on 06.06.13
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Students and environmentalists pressure CalPERS, CalSTRS, UC to ditch big-oil investments
Activists hope the pension giants, university will reinvest in sustainable energy.
This article was published on 05.23.13
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Teachers financing guns
The California State Teachers' Retirement System hopes to divest itself from a company that finances the manufacture of assault weapons like the one used at Sandy Hook Elementary School. But even if it does, it still won't be out of the gun business.
This article was published on 01.31.13
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Global corporate powerhouses ramp up to privatize California’s roadways
Sacramento lobby shops target lawmakers, decision makers in efforts to transfer Caltrans to private sector.
This article was published on 11.08.12
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Proposition 32: New lipstick, old pig
A glance at the familiar extreme-right faces vying to quash unions—again—with Proposition 32.
This article was published on 10.25.12
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Money = wins
New federal campaign-finance rules allow California’s GOP super rich to expand influence via the super PAC.
This article was published on 06.28.12
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Bain’s benefactors
Mitt Romney’s old firm puts the spotlight on dubious funding practices of the state’s big pension systems.
This article was published on 04.12.12
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Nuclear-power shake-up
Judge rules that PG&E cannot pass on to ratepayers the costs of relicensing Diablo Canyon.
This article was published on 01.19.12
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The elephant in the room
California’s fiscal mess continues to worsen thanks to the anti-tax, anti-government policies of the Republican Right.
This article was published on 08.04.11
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