{"id":2264,"date":"2013-06-03T18:53:59","date_gmt":"2013-06-03T18:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/?p=2264"},"modified":"2013-06-03T18:53:59","modified_gmt":"2013-06-03T18:53:59","slug":"first-parish-in-cambridge-ma-votes-to-divest-from-fossil-fuels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/usa\/first-parish-in-cambridge-ma-votes-to-divest-from-fossil-fuels\/","title":{"rendered":"First Parish in Cambridge, MA votes to divest from fossil fuels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Here&#8217;s some great news from our friends at <a href=\"http:\/\/350ma.org\/2013\/06\/first-parish-in-cambridge-ma-votes-to-divest-from-fossil-fuels\/\">350 Massachusetts<\/a>:\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, June 2nd, First Parish in Cambridge, Unitarian Universalist, voted unanimously at its semi-annual members meeting to divest its holdings in fossil fuels stocks over the next five years.<\/p>\n<p>With this vote First Parish Cambridge joined a growing nationwide movement of colleges, religious organizations, and town and state governments that are working to fight global warming by removing the stocks of fossil fuel companies from their portfolios.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/files\/2013\/06\/divest-vote.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-2265\" alt=\"divest vote\" src=\"https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/files\/2013\/06\/divest-vote.jpg\" width=\"922\" height=\"1019\" \/><\/a>\n<p>\u201cWe have a moral obligation to leave our children a livable planet,\u201d said Senior Minister Fred Small. \u201cWe\u2019re just one congregation, but we\u2019re part of a growing movement calling the fossil fuel industry to account for the destruction wreaked by global warming.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s vote came about when the First Parish Cambridge Investment Committee decided to accept the guidance of the congregation on the issue of divestment. As a result, the congregation voted on, and unanimously approved, two resolutions proposed by the First Parish Environmental Justice Task Force.<\/p>\n<p>The first resolution was to stop any new investment in fossil fuel companies, to divest in the top 200 fossil fuel companies within five years, and to report annually to the congregation on progress toward this goal.<\/p>\n<p>The second resolution authorized the First Parish Environmental Justice Task Force (EJTF) to lead the congregation in taking a public stand on the issue and working with other organizations to advocate for fossil fuel divestment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m so proud of my church today!\u201d exclaimed EJTF co-chair and prominent\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.350ma.org\/\">350MA<\/a>\u00a0climate activist, Rosalie Anders. \u201cWhatever the future holds, we can tell our grandchildren we didn\u2019t stand idly by while the climate collapsed.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s some great news from our friends at 350 Massachusetts:\u00a0 On Sunday, June 2nd, First Parish in Cambridge, Unitarian Universalist,<span class=\"text-cutoff\">&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":2265,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2264\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/usa\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}