1 South African Rand = 537.3033 Sierra Leonean Leone

1 Norwegian Krone = 965.0582 Sierra Leonean Leone

1 Argentine Peso = 148.3313 Sierra Leonean Leone

1 Moroccan Dirham = 1003.5583 Sierra Leonean Leone

1 US Dollar = 9860 Sierra Leonean Leone

1 Icelandic Krona = 67.4234 Sierra Leonean Leone

1 Kazakhstan Tenge = 23.3654 Sierra Leonean Leone

1 Namibian Dollar = 532.0986 Sierra Leonean Leone

1 Israeli New Sheqel = 2811.7603 Sierra Leonean Leone

1 Costa Rican Colon = 17.3306 Sierra Leonean Leone

1 British Pound Sterling = 12232.3097 Sierra Leonean Leone

1 Omani Rial = 25714.1143 Sierra Leonean Leone

1 Honduran Lempira = 393.921 Sierra Leonean Leone

1 Australian Dollar = 6442.7601 Sierra Leonean Leone

1 Chinese Yuan Renminbi = 1393.7972 Sierra Leonean Leone

1 Hungarian Forint = 30.5131 Sierra Leonean Leone

1 Philippine Peso = 195.2669 Sierra Leonean Leone

1 Kenyan Shilling = 92.975 Sierra Leonean Leone

1 Latvian Lat = 16300.4844 Sierra Leonean Leone

1 Egyptian Pound = 633.5295 Sierra Leonean Leone

1 Botswana Pula = 811.9035 Sierra Leonean Leone

1 Bulgarian Lev = 5461.1214 Sierra Leonean Leone

1 Canadian Dollar = 7034.0646 Sierra Leonean Leone

1 Euro = 10816.9068 Sierra Leonean Leone

1 Mexican Peso = 416.5153 Sierra Leonean Leone

1 Brazilian Real = 1720.0775 Sierra Leonean Leone

1 United Arab Emirates Dirham = 2684.3445 Sierra Leonean Leone

1 Sri Lanka Rupee = 52.8635 Sierra Leonean Leone

1 Algerian Dinar = 76.8296 Sierra Leonean Leone

1 Indonesian Rupiah = 0.6609 Sierra Leonean Leone

1 Lithuanian Lita = 3339.2713 Sierra Leonean Leone

1 Nigerian Naira = 25.2821 Sierra Leonean Leone

1 Czech Republic Koruna = 392.3191 Sierra Leonean Leone

1 Bolivian Boliviano = 1429.8807 Sierra Leonean Leone

1 Japanese Yen = 92.4294 Sierra Leonean Leone

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California State Senator Kevin de Leon says he’ll introduce legislation next month to get the state’s public employees retirement system off of coal.

Just back from ho-hum international talks in Lima, where he was a member of California's delegation, de Leon spoke at a conference in Oakland. It was sponsored by NextGen Climate, a nonpartisan group founded by billionaire philanthropist Tom Steyer to raise the profile of climate change among issues in the U.S. political debate.

“With coal power in retreat, and the value of coal dropping, it’s time for us to lead again in moving our massive state portfolios to lower carbon investments,” De Leon said. “Divestment is about matching your values with your investment strategy — and still seeing positive financial returns… California has prohibited its energy companies from buying or importing coal power, and state funds should match that.”

De Leon proposes to divest the nation’s two largest public pension funds from coal. The California Public Employees Retirement System, or CALPERS, is the nation’s largest, controlling about $295 billion as of the end of September.  The California School Teachers Retirement System is a sister fund for pensions of nearly 850,000 California teachers. CALSTRS controls another $187.1 billion dollars in potential investments.

Burning coal for energy is a major source of greenhouse gases that are warming the planet. The move would lend momentum to a divestment movement already underway, largely targeted at investment funds belonging to colleges and universities nationwide.

Stanford and Pitzer College in Claremont are among a dozen universities that have pulled investments out of the coal industry. But others, including the University of California have refused. 

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