SF should step up efforts to divest from fossil fuels
(WorldNews Environment)

It’s almost spring in San Francisco, and some good news is blooming. Last week, the Board of Supervisors breathed more life into the long-fought effort to divest city employees’ pensions from fossil fuels. Their unanimous vote urges Mayor London Breed to appoint a new member to the employees’ retirement system board who is friendly to the cause. “My intention is to ensure that we have an aggressive plan to phase out the entire fossil fuel portfolio,” Supervisor Ahsha Safai, who co-sponsored the resolution and also serves as a board member for the San Francisco Employees Retirement System (SFERS), told me. “Our planet demands immediate action and fossil...