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PERA Members and Activists Hope New Study Will Move the Needle on Divestment

KDNK
Published January 6, 2020 at 4:14 PM MST
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James Ennis

  A new study by media and analysis firm Corporate Knights reveals that Colorado's Public Employee Retirement Association (PERA) lost over 1.7 billion in retirement savings since 2009 by continuing to invest in fossil fuels. Climate activists hope the new data could convince PERA's Board of Trustees to take divestment action.

 

 

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