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Editor’s Note:  This posting of letters on divesting fossil fuels led to today’s column in the New York Times, “Once an Oil Executive, Now a Crusader Against Fossil Fuel Stocks,” by James B. Stewart.  A number of readers have asked for the link, so here it is again. The Cooperstown Debate DIVESTING FOSSIL-FUEL STOCKS VILLAGE CASTS OUT FOSSIL-FUEL STOCKS News Article The Freeman’s Journal, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016 • Base Pension-Fund Decisions On Unbiased, Impartial Expertise Op-Ed by DAVID RUSSELL The…

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Allstadt, Russell Fossil-Fuel Debate Topic Of Column In New York Times

Allstadt, Russell Fossil-Fuel Debate Topic Of Column In New York Times COOPERSTOWN – Under the headline, “Much Ado in Cooperstown, N.Y., Over Vote to Dump Fossil Fuel Stocks,” New York Times business columnist James B. Stewart has assessed the multi-week debate in The Freeman’s Journal/Hometown Oneonta between Lou Allstadt and David Russell on the Village Board’s decision to divest fossil-fuel stocks from one of its pension portfolios. “The trustees of Cooperstown, N.Y., hardly expected their village (population 1,834) to emerge…