New York City The first day of the annual Energy Finance conference convened in New York University’s Law School buildings on Washington Square by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis was – believe it or not – fascinating. Not only did I get to catch up with Daniele Pommes and his No Al …
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The Long, Stubborn Fight with Universities over Coal, Oil, and Gas Divestment
New Orleans One of the many fronts for activists campaigning about the urgency of climate change has been to win divestment of coal, oil, and gas stocks from the investment and endowment portfolios of universities and colleges. Thus far the results have been mixed. A chart in the Wall Street Journal had the big whoops …
Energy Politics in California: PG&E versus Chevron
San Francisco After a day of meetings by chance I was invited to sit in as a guest for a while at a monthly dinner on Mission at La Corneta of an ad hoc group of seasoned labor activists and organizers. After a while Mike Miller threw a topic on the table that everyone jumped …