PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • May 3, 2021
The Maine Public Employee Retirement System should sell all $1.3 billion of their investments in the fossil fuel industry. These investments are bad for the PERS members who will now receive less in their retirement, bad for the climate and bad for the state of Maine. The Legislature should support L.D. 99, An Act to Require the State to Divest Itself of Assets Invested in the Fossil Fuel Industry. ~ Dan Gibson teaches physics and environmental science at Mount Ararat High School; David Gibson is a certified energy manager and serves as the vice chair of Sierra Club Maine