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21 Private Equity Firms Fund Over a Gigaton of Annual Climate Pollution
02 Oct 2024 | Abstracted from Common Dreams
"Private equity firms and their executives are making billions by investing public employees' retirement money into planet-destroying fossil fuel assets
"...energy portfolios of over 20 top U.S. private equity firms are responsible for an estimated combined 1.17 gigatons of annual greenhouse gas emissions...These billion-dollar companies make their profits while largely avoiding liability for the damages their fossil fuel investing causes frontline communities."
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