Students At Top Universities Demand Divestment
How did students attempt this month to persuade their institutions to divest? How is it different than previous actions?
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Divestment Year in Review 2021
How has the divestment movement changed the conversation around fossil fuel finance in 2021?
How To Delegitimize Fossil Fuel Companies? Divest!
“It’s time to say: enough. Enough of brutalizing biodiversity. Enough of killing ourselves with carbon. Enough of treating nature like a toilet. Enough of burning and drilling and mining our way deeper. We are digging our own graves.”
Your State Treasurer Has A Lot Of Influence On Climate Action
Courtesy of Union Of Concerned Scientists. By Ortal Ullman, the senior outreach coordinator for the Climate & Energy program at the Union of Concerned Scientists. State treasurers can be the forgotten children of public office. They don’t tend to have the name recognition of a governor or congressperson, and many of … [continued]
Don’t Be Fooled — Investment Bankers Still Love Fossil Fuel Companies
Savvy promises about zero emissions goals do not hide the fact that major world banks still are propping up the fossil fuel industry through robust financing.
Scared? Don’t Be. Divestment Is Actually A Good Financial Move! (Video)
The case for divestment grows louder as evidence shows that individuals with divested portfolios “outperformed their benchmarks.”
Institutional Investors Are Running Away From Big Oil, & Towards The “Safe Haven” Of Clean…
The global transition from fossil fuels to clean energy isn’t going to happen because it’s the best choice for human health and the environment. Observing the way humans have responded to the current pandemic should put to rest any delusions about our propensity to “do the right thing.” No, companies and investors will abandon polluting energy sources when they become convinced that it’s the profitable thing to do.
State Of New York To End Pension Fund Investments In Fossil Fuels
Bill McKibben is celebrating the news that New York’s pension fund is joining the fossil fuel divestment movement. That’s good news but it’s not enough.
Fires As A Call To Action — Thoughts From A City Under Siege
I’ll never forget when the fires first woke me up. It was 2017, and a dumb local teenager threw a firework into a tinder box of dry trees and plants, and in a blink of an eye the beloved Columbia River Gorge was on fire and the City of Portland was covered in smoke for days on end.
The Coronavirus Should Signal The End Of Fossil Fuels
Two recent surveys show Americans are concerned about climate change even in the midst of a pandemic, and prefer economic assistance for clean energy rather than fossil fuels.
