Private equity and other private funds control growing portions of the economy, including in areas crucial to all of our lives, like housing and care–typically increasing prices and decreasing quality. These billionaire factories repeatedly take advantage of loopholes and exemptions to funnel money to their executives at the expense of workers, patients, consumers, real economy businesses, and a sustainable planet. We can change the rules to stop their extremes of extraction.
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Private Equity’s Fossil Fuel Footprint Deepens Climate Injustice in the Global South
A new analysis from the Private Equity Climate Risks (PECR) research consortium, “Unequal Burdens: Private Equity-Backed Fossil Fuel Assets and the Global South,” reveals how the Global South is unfairly burdened by private equity’s investments in fossil fuels.
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Private Equity Stakeholder Project: Wall Street’s gas addiction fuels the AI boom, derails climate progress
“The growth of private equity-owned gas power plants cuts into hopes of progress on renewable energy,” said Hibba Meraay, Research Analyst at Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund. “By backing these gas power plants, private equity contributes to global warming while placing an uneven burden of health risks and increased emissions on the global south…
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NetworkWorld: BlackRock’s $40B data center deal opens a new infrastructure battle for CIOs
Private equity firms have accounted for 80-90% of total data center merger and acquisition activity since 2022, according to a report by Americans for Financial Reform. Transaction values reached $73 billion in 2024, up from $26 billion in 2023, according to Synergy Research Group.
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Senator Markey: Markey, Sanders, Blumenthal Introduce Legislation to Protect Health Systems from Predatory Real Estate Investment Trust Deals
