Trump Tower rally demands divestment ahead of decision on Paris climate deal
by Guardian Staff from on (#2NX9K)
Environmental activists seek to use Trump's cabinet of fossil fuel millionaires to pressure New York City pension funds to divest
Environmental activists held a rally inside Trump Tower in New York City on Tuesday, ahead of an expected decision from the president on whether to leave the Paris climate change agreement.
About 90 people gathered in a public garden on the fifth floor of Donald Trump's building in midtown Manhattan to encourage the New York City government to divest its pension funds from fossil fuel companies. Organizers from environmental group 350.org said individual states and local councils can still take action on climate change, even in the face of a government that seems ambivalent on the subject.
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