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Several large public pensions cut back allocations to private equity in 2025 in the face of the industry’s poor performance and unrelenting headwinds. Among the public asset owners that…
Climate disasters are accelerating at an exponential rate, with the first half of 2025 rated as the costliest ever on record at $101 billion, The Guardian reported. More and more people are becoming all too familiar with what a…
In a disappointing decision, the Minnesota State Board of Investment voted to approve an additional investment of up to $450 to private equity firms Bridgepoint and Bridgepoint subsidiary Energy Capital Partners at the board’s October 21, 2025 meeting.
The Private Equity Stakeholder Project (PESP) was founded in 2017 to address the growing impacts of private equity on people and the planet. We are a resource to the communities, individuals, and organizations grappling with these impacts. In the coming…
U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, Bernie Sanders (D-VT), and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) wrote concerned letters to BlackRock and Blackstone earlier this month.
Lander’s $42B call highlights growing alarm over BlackRock’s fossil fuel strategy Watchdog argues BlackRock’s fossil fuel expansion and high-risk infrastructure investments are incompatible with prudent, long-term pension management Outgoing New York City Comptroller Brad Lander has called…
Signs of turmoil within Carlyle as the firm fails its second high-profile overseas fossil fuel acquisition attempt American private equity firm The Carlyle Group has been successfully expanding its fossil fuel footprint across the United States, recently…
A new analysis from the Private Equity Climate Risks (PECR) research consortium, “Mapping Private Equity’s Gas Fleet: Climate Footprint, Health Impacts, and AI-Driven Demand,” reveals that the world’s largest private equity firms collectively own…
Private equity firms power the AI boom at public expense, new research warns New research shows firms like BlackRock and Blackstone are driving fossil fuel buildouts and utility takeovers to feed speculative data center demand. A new research brief from…
Oregon State Treasurer, Elizabeth Steiner, published four investment principles on October 21st that will inform her decision-making as a Council member at the $95 billion Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund (OPERF) regarding the…
Investor risks continue in BlackRock-owned GIP’s Rio Grande Liquefied Natural Gas development While BlackRock’s Global Infrastructure Partners has announced a significant additional investment in the Rio Grande liquefied natural gas…
MN PUC Decision to Approve BlackRock Takeover of Minnesota Power is a Bad Deal for Minnesotans By ignoring the ALJ’s recommendation, commissioners handed Minnesota Power to private equity, leaving families vulnerable to higher bills and weaker oversight. St. Paul, MN…
