Divestment

A push by Gov. Peter Shumlin to divest the state’s pension fund from coal stocks is drawing intense scrutiny from an opposition-research firm that has…

Gov. Peter Shumlin joined with environmental advocates earlier this year in calling for the state pension fund to unload its stocks in coal companies and…

Governor Peter Shumlin recently took his case for divestment of fossil fuel stocks to the Vermont Pension Investment Committee. This followed his original…