I don't know what this means - but it's a similar enough pattern to something equally as disturbing as to need to bookmark the observation for later

From the Victoria Times Colonist Newspaper -- "letters to the editor" --
http://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/letters/pension-plan-invests-in-fossil-fuels-1.23163675
Feb 3rd, 2018

Re: “Pension board studies climate effects,” letter, Jan. 31.

Michel Leduc of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board might not have given us all the facts about the fund’s climate risk. He says: “Our fossil-fuel producer and pipeline exposure was 3.9 per cent.” Friends of the Earth Canada and the German organization Urgewald published reports last November revealing the board’s investment in coal alone amounts to $12.2 billion, including $267 million in companies proposing or building new coal plants. This is more than 3.5 per cent of the fund.

Perhaps more alarming, the day Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna was in London announcing Canada would lead a campaign to convince all countries to phase out coal plants, Reuters reported CPPIB was preparing a bid to buy Rio Tinto’s coal mines.

There are billions more invested in oil and gas producers, distributors, coal-fired utilities and companies that service the fossil-fuel industry.

The CPPIB owns 97 per cent of Crestone Peak Resources, a Colorado-based fracking company. CPPIB’s managing director and head of natural resources, Avik Dey, is chairman of the board. Since 2016, CPPIB has seen the value of the investment drop from $900 million to $534 million, a 40 per cent loss.

Climate change presents all investors with moral and financial challenges. Is it right to profit from the destruction of the planet?

The CPPIB may be expending resources to study climate change, but it has not changed its investment policies and is putting the future of all Canadians at risk.

John Bennett

Friends of the Earth Canada

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The reason I find this VERY STRANGE is that something similar happened - as I attempted to report at the time - HERE
https://steemit.com/canada/@somena/canadian-unions-investing-in-the-oppression-of-first-nations

IN both instances, the Canadian Government has made the decision to invest in VERY questionable activities --- and using the pension funds of Canadian Government Worker's Unions to acquire these assets. The first time it was a bail-out of a failing Timber Harvesting company, and now it's an investment in Fossil Fuels. While the rest of the world is looking for divest from Coal and similar energy mining businesses, the Canadian Government while giving lip-service to protecting the environment just made sure that the fate and fortunes of the largest union of workers in the country depends upon the survival of these dirty energy producers. In a very cynical way, it's forcing pensioners to chose between protecting the environment for their grandchildren and future generations to come AND protecting their retirement packages to have a comfortable retirement.

It's pretty monstrously evil, cold and the worst kind of political chess playing.
Especially by a government that makes such a big deal about supporting the environment.