The Bootleg Fire burns at night near Highway 34 in southern Oregon, a raging inferno that's spreading miles a day in windy conditions.
While it’s not the divestment from fossil fuels that environmentalists have been seeking, New Jersey’s public-worker pension fund is looking to make a major investment in companies working to blunt climate change.
Members of the New Jersey State Investment Council on Wednesday reviewed a plan to invest up to $200 million in a California-based private-equity fund called TPG Rise Climate.
The fund is raising money to invest in “businesses that have a clear and measurable positive environmental impact,” according to documents distributed prior to the meeting.