SUN JOURNAL • February 11, 2021
Less than a decade after Maine’s tiny Unity College kicked off an international effort to cease investments in fossil fuel companies, the effort has grown to encompass more than $14 trillion in endowments and investment portfolios. And if some environmentalists have their way, the state of Maine will join the movement soon. “It’s time for us to align Maine money with Maine values,” Francesca Gundrum, communications manager for Maine Conservation Voters, told legislators in Augusta this week. “We have a responsibility to divest from the industry that’s destroying our future and reinvest into climate solutions for Maine.”