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Take To the Streets On Nov 15 In Solidarity With Standing Rock
I watched the poll numbers roll in, and as the tides started to turn away from Hillary I froze. I went to sleep hoping I’d wake up from a nightmare, and since, the reality of a Trump presidency is starting to sink in. The best words to describe how I’ve felt is heartbroken. I’m heartbroken (More...)
November 11, 2016
What Does a Trump Presidency Mean for the Fossil Fuel Divestment Movement?
By Katie McChesney Since the results of the election have come, I have sat grappling with not only a Trump Presidency, but with the 100 days commitments he made. I felt sad and enraged: this is not the America I want to live in. From foreign policy to protection and dignity of communities of color, (More...)
November 10, 2016
A love letter for the Pope
The news was surprising. We knew a group of students had enthusiastically agreed to bring a divestment message to the streets of Malmö and Lund, as Pope Francis visited both Swedish cities in a trip highlighted by a joint prayer celebration with the Lutheran church, marking the beginning of a jubilee commemorating the 500th anniversary (More...)
November 8, 2016
For New York, climate change is an immediate existential threat.
Despite the immediate risks of climate change, decision-makers with the New York State Comptrollers office remain on the wrong side of history. It’s time to #DivestNY. Last Friday, October 28, I attended a powerful fossil fuel divestment roundtable at Baruch College co-sponsored by New York State Senators Liz Krueger, Brad Hoylman, and Assemblyman Felix Ortiz. Of (More...)
October 31, 2016
Climate action continues gaining momentum among Catholic organizations
Labeled “the most progressive Pope ever”, Pope Francis frequently addresses equality, environment and social justice issues. The powerful messages contained in his Laudato Si’ encyclical on the environment stressed the need to take action against manmade climate change, and to overcome the disparities that capitalism is breeding. Early October, just as a report found that (More...)
October 31, 2016
University of Copenhagen commits to invest fossil free
University of Copenhagen just became the first university in Denmark to go Fossil Free. Its board voted unanimously on Tuesday to not invest in fossil fuel companies and align its investments with the aim of being a world-leading 'green' university. (More...)
October 26, 2016
It’s time to divest New York.
This post was written by Beta Coronel, 350.org US Reinvestment Coordinator. Today we’re launching an exciting new divestment push: together, a broad coalition of faith, health, business, and climate justice organizations are calling on New York’s comptrollers to divest the city and state’s massive pension funds from fossil fuels, and reinvest in just solutions to (More...)
October 19, 2016
Four German states already planning divestment. Saxony-Anhalt and Bremen could follow soon.
Article translated from the original by Tine Langkamp After three years of divestment campaigning in Germany we’ve seen remarkable growth of the movement and some strong wins. The cities Münster and Stuttgart have been the first cities to divest and ditch fossil fuels from their pension funds. The Protestant Church Hessen-Nassau was the first religious (More...)
October 18, 2016
Divest Nobel campaign launched
Kampanjarna, uppklädda som servitörer, bjöd press och andra besökare på olja i champagneglas och påminde om att Nobel fortfarande investerar fossilt. Nobelpriset gör stor nytta genom att hylla och prisa mänsklighetens framsteg, och då rimmar det illa med att investera i företag som eldar på klimatförändringarna. (More...)
