<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497814707371_3319" dir="ltr"><font face="HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif" size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497814707371_6164">AP7, Sweden's largest pension fund, just divested from ExxonMobile, TransCanada, Westar, Entergy & Southern Corp for breaching Paris Accord. </font><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497814707371_7227"><span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: knowledge-reg, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497814707371_6341">AP7 said ExxonMobil, Westar, Southern Corp and Entergy had foug</span></font><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497814707371_7590" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: knowledge-reg, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">ht against introducing climate legislation in the United States. It also criticized Gazprom for looking for oil in the Russian Arctic and TransCanada for building large-scale pipelines in North America.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497814707371_3319" dir="ltr"><font face="HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif" size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497814707371_6216"><a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/climatechange-investment-sweden-idUSL8N1JC4ME" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497814707371_3406">https://www.reuters.com/article/climatechange-investment-sweden-idUSL8N1JC4ME</a><br></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497814707371_3319" dir="ltr"><font face="HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif" size="3"><br></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497814707371_3319" dir="ltr"><font face="HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif" size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497814707371_6215"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497814707371_4249">To date AP7 </span><span style="color: rgb(20, 23, 26); white-space: pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497814707371_4262">divested nearly $100 million. from to 23 coal, 15 oil and gas enterprises.</span><br></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497814707371_3319" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497814707371_4309"><font color="#14171a" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497814707371_4304" face="HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif" size="3"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497814707371_4305"><a href="https://cleantechnica.com/2017/06/18/swedens-largest-pension-fund-sells-off-exxonmobil-transcanada-stock/" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497814707371_4308">https://cleantechnica.com/2017/06/18/swedens-largest-pension-fund-sells-off-exxonmobil-transcanada-stock/</a></span></font></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497814707371_3319" dir="ltr"><font face="HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif" size="3"><br></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497814707371_3319" dir="ltr"><font face="HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif" size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497814707371_6166">Gazprom holds the world's largest natural gas reserves with 17% global and 72% Russian Reserves. </font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497814707371_3415" dir="ltr"><font face="HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif" size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497814707371_6214"><a href="http://dailycaller.com/2016/03/30/trumps-energy-adviser-is-personally-invested-in-gazprom/?utm_source=site-share" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497814707371_3885">http://dailycaller.com/2016/03/30/trumps-energy-adviser-is-personally-invested-in-gazprom/?utm_source=site-share</a><br></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497814707371_3471"><font face="HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif" size="3"><br></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497814707371_3319" dir="ltr"><font face="HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif" size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497814707371_6167"><span style="color: rgb(20, 23, 26); white-space: pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497814707371_3519">Gazprom is linked to Bribery, corruption and anti-competitive practices</span><br></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497814707371_3319" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497814707371_3549"><font color="#14171a" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497814707371_3544" face="HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif" size="3"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497814707371_3545"><a href="http://www.facing-finance.org/en/database/cases/gazprom-bribery-corruption-and-anti-competitive-practices/" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497814707371_3548">http://www.facing-finance.org/en/database/cases/gazprom-bribery-corruption-and-anti-competitive-practices/</a></span></font></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497814707371_3319" dir="ltr"><font face="HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif" size="3"><br></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497814707371_3787"><font face="HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif" size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497814707371_6184">Trump's Energy Adviser is Personally invested in Gazprom</font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497814707371_3787"><a href="http://dailycaller.com/2016/03/30/trumps-energy-adviser-is-personally-invested-in-gazprom/?utm_source=site-share" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497814707371_3848"><font face="HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif" size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497814707371_6185">http://dailycaller.com/2016/03/30/trumps-energy-adviser-is-personally-invested-in-gazprom/?utm_source=site-share</font></a></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497814707371_3787"><font face="HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif" size="3"><br></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497814707371_3787" dir="ltr"><font face="HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif" size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497814707371_6357">Past Westar CEO was sentenced 18 years for <span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 34);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497814707371_5545">conspiracy, wire fraud, money laundering and circumventing internal controls</span></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497814707371_3787" dir="ltr"><font face="HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497814707371_6152" size="3"><a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/news/ex-westar-ceo-sentenced-to-18-years/" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497814707371_5450" class="">http://www.cbsnews.com/news/ex-westar-ceo-sentenced-to-18-years/</a><br></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497814707371_5539"><font face="HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif" size="3"><br></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497814707371_5601" dir="ltr"><font face="HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497814707371_6153" size="3">Entergy has a long list of violations and <span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497814707371_5650" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">scandals, including company officials providing incorrect information under oath</span><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497814707371_5652" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">, a 2010 radioactive tritium leak</span><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497814707371_5654" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">, and three unplanned safety stoppages inside a year. They also used victims of Hurricane Katrina as a means to pay off their corporate fees. </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497814707371_6211"> </span></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497814707371_5601" dir="ltr"><font face="HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif" size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497814707371_6580"><a href="http://corp-research.org/entergy" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497814707371_5713">http://corp-research.org/entergy</a></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497814707371_5720"><font face="HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif" size="3"><br></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497814707371_5720" dir="ltr"><font face="HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif" size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497814707371_6427">So this is my view from news of AP7's divestment. </font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497814707371_5720" dir="ltr"><font face="HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif" size="3"><br></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497814707371_5720" dir="ltr"><font color="#14171a" face="Arial, sans-serif" size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497814707371_7397"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497814707371_7396">The investment/pension community could be in instrument to push for Paris Accord compliance if they choose to divest from non compliant firms. </span></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497814707371_5720" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(20, 23, 26); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><font size="3"><br></font></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497814707371_5720" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(20, 23, 26); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497814707371_6697"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497814707371_7147">Both ExxonMobile and TransCanada were fiscally punished for their non compliance to the Paris Accord but the possibility exists that they may hold the US accountable for the losses of investment monies either by lawsuits or Nafta Challenges since it was the US who approved of Keystone XL after having approved of the Paris Accord. </font></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497814707371_5720" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497814707371_5720" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497814707371_5720" dir="ltr">Louisette</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497814707371_5720" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497814707371_3787" dir="ltr"><font face="HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif" size="3"><br></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497814707371_3787"><br></div></div></body></html>