The Mayor of Amsterdam has publicly pressured Dutch pension fund APB to divest from fossil fuel investments, according to Fossil Free Europe. According to the Fossil Free Europe initiative, a project of global climate movement 350.org, Mayor of Amsterdam Eberhard van der Laan penned a letter to the board of Dutch … [continued]
The Berlin House of Representatives has voted to divest from oil, coal, and natural gas companies, according to recent reports. More specifically, the Berlin parliament voted to blacklist investment into companies that are incompatible with the city’s stated goal of going “climate neutral” by the year 2050. The policy will … [continued]
Seven Columbia University students currently occupying the campus’s iconic Low Library building in an effort to push the administration into fossil fuel divestment have been threatened with suspension. On Thursday, April 14, 35 students from Columbia University began a peaceful sit-in outside President Lee Bollinger’s office to demand the University … [continued]
The New York State Common Retirement Fund lost at least $5.3 billion over the last three years by remaining invested in fossil fuel holdings. These are the findings according to a new report from Corporate Knights, an investment research company, and publicised by grassroots global climate campaign 350.org. Specifically, the report … [continued]
Originally published on Solar Love. To listen to the right wing crazies tell it, global warming and climate change are fictions created by treehuggers and do-gooders on the left who want to interrupt the neverending flow of government dollars that prop up the global business community — those public spirited business … [continued]
Environmental leaders launched “Divest for Paris” at the Paris Divestment Conference on Tuesday in an attempt to challenge global institutions, individuals, and governments to show climate leadership. The Paris Divestment Conference, held on September 1, was co-hosted by 350.org and the European Green Party in an attempt “to further mobilise for … [continued]
Originally published on RMI Outlet. Last September, a day after 400,000 people marched for the climate in the streets of New York City, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund made headlines, announcing it would ensure none of the fund’s $860 million would be invested in fossil-fuel companies. In January 2014, a group … [continued]
One of the leading insurance companies in the world, Aviva, has announced plans to significantly increase investments in low-carbon assets and reduce exposure to sectors that face risk of regulatory action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Aviva Chief Executive Officer Mark Wilson recently stated that the company will invest around … [continued]
The University of Edinburgh, in Scotland, has taken the middle road in the current global fossil fuel divestment campaign, stating that they do not see their choices limited to “no change” or “pull out of all investments.” In a statement released Tuesday (PDF), the University of Edinburgh has revealed that “the … [continued]
Fossil fuel divestment has gone on long enough that it seems England’s Prince of Wales, Charles, is even jumping on the bandwagon, amidst a number of other British individuals and institutions. Prince Charles, Environmental Advocate The news comes by way of a survey conducted by the Financial Times, which found that “seven … [continued]
