#Sludge Report: Wells Fargo & Other Climate Destroying Banks
The Sierra Club has created the #Divest Fossil Fuels campaign designed to convince people to stop doing business with banks that fund the fossil fuel industry.
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September, 2019: A Tipping Point Moment For The Earth?
Suddenly, news about climate change and climate action is popping up all over the mainstream news. Are we witnessing a tipping point that will lead to significant climate change action?
British Royal Institutions Announce Fossil Fuel Divestment
Two of Britain’s leading professional associations — the Royal Society of Arts and the Royal College of Emergency Medicine — announced last week to mark the first-ever London Climate Action Week that they will completely divest from fossil fuel investments.
BNP Paribas Cuts Ties With Polish Electricity Producers Over Coal Dependency
French banking giant BNP Paribas has cut ties with electricity producers in Poland, citing their continued dependence on the coal industry and no signs of a change in strategy towards renewable forms of energy.
Fossil Fuel Complicity No Longer Hidden Behind ‘Fiduciary Duty’
No longer is the opportunity to increase investments enough to turn a proverbial blind eye to fossil fuel devastation.
BNP Paribas Announces Plans To Hasten Divestment From Coal
The investment arm of the world’s seventh-largest bank, BNP Paribas, announced plans this week to implement an enhanced coal-exclusion policy which will tighten the company’s exclusion policy on companies engaged in mining thermal coal and generating electricity from coal.
What If Climate Change Were A Game? Earth’s Existential Threat Made Tangible
What scenarios would you design for a climate change game?
Lessons About The Contemporary State Of Fossil Fuels — Venezuela-Style
Is Venezuela a sign of the Twilight of the Oil Era?
Barclays “On Wrong Side Of History” In New Climate Change Policy
British banking giant Barclays has revised its stance on investing in fossil fuels which includes halting investment in coal mining and coal-fired power stations, but the bank has come under fire for not going far enough, with environmental organization Greenpeace comparing its lack of action with the bank’s previous stance on apartheid, saying the bank is “once again on the wrong side of history.”
Katharine Hayhoe Talks About Why Climate Change Is Real & Why She Still Has Hope
Katharine Hayhoe is a climate scientist and evangelical Christian. In an interview with The Guardian, she accurately describes the impending climate emergency as the Earth gets hotter and tells why she is still hopeful humanity might find ways to cope successfully.
