ZEUS: Maine's new divestment law a first in U.S.

Pine Tree State orders pension system to divest $1.3 billion in oil and gas companies

The Bass Harbor Head Light in Acadia National Park, Maine. Photo: National Park Service.

(David Callaway is founder and Editor-in-Chief of Callaway Climate Insights. He is the former president of the World Editors Forum, Editor-in-Chief of USA Today and MarketWatch, and CEO of TheStreet Inc.)

SAN FRANCISCO (Callaway Climate Insights) — Maine became the fi…