UC Irvine Tops U.S. Sustainability Efforts In “Cool Schools” Ranking
Just in time for the back to school rush, University of California Irvine tops America’s “Cool Schools” list – but the rest of the top ten may surprise you.
Just in time for the back to school rush, University of California Irvine tops America’s “Cool Schools” list – but the rest of the top ten may surprise you.
Originally Published in the ECOreport “We have sinned,” the President of America’s most prominent seminary wrote in Time Magazine. She was not referring to a sex scandal or embezzlement, but rather the Union Theological Seminary’s stock portfolio. In the past, many mainstream churches have spoken against Climate Change in the … [continued]
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Originally Published on the ECOreport Business as usual is no longer a viable option for the fossil fuel industry. At the present rate of consumption, the world is heading towards a 6°C rise in global temperatures. Fossil fuel companies are exposing their investors to financial and climate risk. These were … [continued]
Originally published on Think Progress. By Ari Phillips. At a Fossil Free Europe tour event in Amsterdam on Tuesday, two aldermen from Boxtel, Netherlands announced that their town would be divesting from the 200 fossil fuel companies that hold the largest coal, oil, and gas reserves. This makes Boxtel the … [continued]
Calvert Investments and Morgan Stanley have announced new initiatives that provide immediate options for fossil fuel divestment and long-term green investing opportunities.
Oxford University reports the fossil fuel divestment campaign is gaining traction faster than previous divestment efforts against Apartheid, tobacco, and pornography, posing a serious reputational risk to the world’s biggest fossil fuel companies.
The United Church of Christ has become the first major religious institution to approve fossil fuel divestment across all its investments.
A new survey shows growth rates for green products and services are rising faster than conventional goods in America’s economy, outpacing the overall economy during the depths of the recession, and creating opportunity for the 88% of US businesses classified as “microbusinesses” with five or fewer employees.
Could divestment, the same movement that brought down Apartheid, be the key to ending America’s fossil fuel addiction and preventing the next great financial crisis?
Activists at more than 400 colleges, cities and states, and religious institutions think the answer is yes – and San Francisco may have given the fossil fuel divestment campaign its biggest win to date.