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Pete Farrelly

Pete Farrelly

Pete Farrelly, a former Oregon Savings Growth Plan Advisory Committee chair, is an engineer at the Oregon Health Authority.

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Proposal to divest pension funds of fossil fuel holdings is financially responsible

By: - February 28, 2023

A trio of state lawmakers want Oregon’s pension funds divested of fossil fuel holdings. House Bill 2601, as reported by Alex Baumhardt of the Capital Chronicle, would require the Treasury to disclose all of its investment holdings and to stop investing in “carbon-intensive” holdings, defined as investments in coal, oil and gas companies, and providers […]