Next week, the Minnesota State Board of Investment is expected to vote on whether to invest $250 million more with Energy Capital Partners—the private equity owner of one of the nation’s deadliest coal plants.

This a bad deal for Minnesotans.

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What happens when BlackRock takes control of your power company?

James Baratta gives an inside look at the private-equity takeover of a vital Minnesota utility—and what it means for communities and clean energy.

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BlackRock’s bid for Minnesota Power could raise bills & undermine MN’s clean energy goals.

In her new Minnesota Reformer op-ed, @alissajean.bsky.social asks: Will Gov. Walz stand with Minnesotans — or with BlackRock?

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🚨 PRIVATE EQUITY ALERT 🚨 Electronic Arts, the developer behind Madden NFL and The Sims, is set to be acquired in the largest private equity buyout ever. As gamers bemoan more and more micro-transactions and in-game advertising, PE's profits-first playbook could spell out even more to come.

In Minnesota, BlackRock is attempting to acquire MN Power, a utility serving 150,000+ families and businesses. PESP's Alissa Jean Schafer told More Perfect Union why ratepayers should be wary of private equity plugging into the electrical grid: the PE playbook puts profiteering above all else.

Private equity firms are about to profit off of a school voucher provision tucked into the "Big Beautiful Bill."

PESP's Azani Creeks joined @manpreetkalra.bsky.social to unpack how private equity–backed companies like GardaWorld stand to profit immensely from immigrant detention in the wake of the Big Beautiful Bill, despite a long record of whistleblowers exposing abuses inside their facilities. Listen here ➡️

Resuming our thread about pension funds that take climate change seriously, here’s a great new example!👇 As part of a shift to focus more on sustainability, giant Dutch pension fund PFZW is pulling out €14B invested with BlackRock, €15B from asset manager LGIM, and divesting from 1000’s of firms.

🚨 PRIVATE EQUITY ALERT 🚨As more students are pushed to borrow from private lenders thanks to the Trump administration's new limits on public student loans, private equity giants KKR and Carlyle are aiming to profit from student lending. www.wsj.com/articles/pri...

Beyond grateful I get to work on this project and keep on building this public database of private equity owned oil and gas assets across the globe. Take a look, is your public pension fund invested in these firms and fueling climate chaos?

Proud to be a part of this small but mighty org!! We are working hard to expose the harmful impacts of private equity on people and the planet and to hold the industry accountable!!