“We need to be crystal clear: if you’re managing our money, you better be taking climate risk seriously and cutting off financing for new fossil fuel projects. If not, we’re taking our business elsewhere.”
John McCarten/NYC Council Media Unit
The author, City Councilmember Justin Brannan.
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New York City is the biggest, toughest, most forward-thinking city in the world. We don’t follow trends—we set them. And when it comes to how we invest our money, we need to do the same.
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