{"id":13804,"date":"2017-09-01T15:30:50","date_gmt":"2017-09-01T15:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/?p=13804"},"modified":"2017-09-12T16:02:16","modified_gmt":"2017-09-12T16:02:16","slug":"actioncorpsdivestny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/ny\/actioncorpsdivestny\/","title":{"rendered":"Action Corp NYC:  I asked Comptroller Stringer to DivestNY from climate destroying fossil fuel companies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By:\u00a0Isaac Evans-Frantz,\u00a0Action Corps NYC, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iefrantz\">@iefrantz<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>On behalf of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ActionCorpsNyc\/\">Action Corps NYC<\/a>&#8216;s 5,800 supporters, I recently asked NYC comptroller Scott Stringer when he will act to divest NYC&#8217;s Pension Funds from fossil fuel holdings. I told Mr. Stringer that shareholder activism is not enough. He has already supported divestment of two of the five city pensions from coal and has commissioned a study of investments in other fossil fuels. It&#8217;s time to go further.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/divestny.org\"><strong>Now we need Stringer to divest NYC&#8217;s pension funds\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><strong>from all fossil fuel companies.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fisaac.evansfrantz%2Fvideos%2F10100411603819484%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"985\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The hard-earned pensions of our public employees should not be invested an industry that is killing people. Rather, we should invest in renewable energy and the building out resilient communities, particularly amongst those that are bearing the brunt of climate disasters.<\/p>\n<p>Twenty million people around the world are on the brink of starvation. Famines are human-made, products of weak infrastructure, poor governance, conflict, inequality.<\/p>\n<p>Climate change is also part of the problem. Farmers are experiencing droughts in places like South Sudan, Nigeria, Somalia, and Yemen. Global warming only worsens these sorts of climate problems. Hurricanes and flooding are affecting millions right now.<\/p>\n<p>Often we have often acted alone in our environmental efforts \u2013 composting, recycling, even divesting our personal funds \u2013 but \u00a0divestment is an example of wisely thinking about our collective impact. Divestment allows all of us to work together for massive change \u2013 which is exactly what we need right now. You don\u2019t have to have money to participate in this campaign.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/18157349_1503441483031408_7159239620013309460_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13805 \" src=\"https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/18157349_1503441483031408_7159239620013309460_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"601\" height=\"601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2017\/09\/18157349_1503441483031408_7159239620013309460_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2017\/09\/18157349_1503441483031408_7159239620013309460_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2017\/09\/18157349_1503441483031408_7159239620013309460_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2017\/09\/18157349_1503441483031408_7159239620013309460_n-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2017\/09\/18157349_1503441483031408_7159239620013309460_n-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2017\/09\/18157349_1503441483031408_7159239620013309460_n-15x15.jpg 15w, https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2017\/09\/18157349_1503441483031408_7159239620013309460_n-800x800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2017\/09\/18157349_1503441483031408_7159239620013309460_n-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We must support frontline communities dealing with the impacts of climate change. Emergency response systems, irrigation systems, rural development, drought-resistant crops, and other interventions can help people adapt to the changing environment and build resilience. While we divest from the fossil fuel industry, we need to support these sorts of efforts. While least responsible for causing climate change, poor communities around the world experience its impact first and worst.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Action Corps NYC<\/strong>\u00a0will keep speaking up, and marching, and lobbying. We will not be silent, and we will not turn our backs on our neighbors \u2013 both near and far \u2013 who bear the brunt of climate change.<\/p>\n<p>Now is the time for us to lead boldly and to hold our leaders accountable in this big, beautiful world of ours.<\/p>\n<p>Take action now: <a href=\"http:\/\/act.350.org\/call\/callstringer\/\">Call Comptroller Stringer<\/a> and urge to #DivestNY<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/banneroutside.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13767 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/banneroutside-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2017\/06\/banneroutside-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2017\/06\/banneroutside-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2017\/06\/banneroutside-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2017\/06\/banneroutside-430x323.jpg 430w, https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2017\/06\/banneroutside-20x15.jpg 20w, https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2017\/06\/banneroutside-1067x800.jpg 1067w, https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2017\/06\/banneroutside.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the people of NYC and around the world, we need Comptroller Stringer to divest from all fossil fuel companies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":13805,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[73,245,258],"tags":[237,118],"class_list":["post-13804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-city","category-divestny","category-usa","tag-divestny","tag-fossilfree"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13804"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13804\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}