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Looking Back and Pushing Forward at Fossil Free AU
November 6, 2014
Guest post by Rebecca Wolf. Rebecca is a Junior studying Environmental Science and Law & Society at American University. She has been involved with the Fossil Free American University Campaign since November of 2012. Fossil Free American University has been featured on Democracy Now!, Reuters, In the City, and the Chronicle of Higher Education. For (More...)
For the Long Haul: Balancing Hope and Hear in the Wake of the New IPCC Report
Reflections of a US student divestment campaigner in the wake of a new IPCC report and a new school year – Sara Blazevic, Swarthmore College “In the starkest language it has ever used, the expert panel made clear how far society remains from having any serious policy to limit global warming. Doing so would require (More...)
McKibben slams Shell from Chatham House conference podium
November 4, 2014
This morning Platform and 350.org picketed the annual Chatham House climate change conference to protest against Shell’s sponsorship of the event. The keynote speaker Bill McKibben, founder of 350.org, highlighted the hypocrisy directly from inside the conference: “I didn’t know Shell was sponsoring this conference when I agreed to do it, but I’m glad for the chance (More...)
The World Is Not As Oil Hungry As They Thought
October 30, 2014
By Fossil Free Staff Jay Carmona, Community Divestment Campaign Manager & Cat Jaffee, Digital Divestment Campaigner As oil prices drop, spectators are ready to jump on the tails of fossil fuel divestment advocates and say, “see…?” See what? The recent drop that we are seeing on the price of oil shows that stranded assets are a real (More...)
The 350MoCo Divestment Campaign Responds to “What You Wished You Had Known”
October 28, 2014
Community Organizer Peter Murtha has worked with the Montgomery County, MD divestment campaign since 2013, a campaign that has successfully taken off during the last year.We asked him one question: “What had you wished you had known when you were first starting your campaign?” What follows in this post is Peter’s response: I started working on (More...)
October Divest Digest: When No One Accepted “No” As A Final Answer
October 24, 2014
Hello Fossil Free Friends! This month, we are introducing the Divest Digest, your update on news, trends, and general updates on what’s been happening in the world of North American Divestment. So far, October has had one great underlying theme, that student divestment movements don’t accept the word “no” from college and university boards and administrations (More...)
Swedish 2nd AP Fund: Important 1st step, a long way to go
On Monday, one of the Swedish national pension funds called “Second AP fund” announced that they are divesting from 20 fossil fuel companies. They ditched all their investments in coal (12 companies) and pulled their investments out of eight oil and gas companies, citing the financial risk associated with these assets. CEO Eva Halvarsson said: By (More...)
Sweden’s national pension fund to divest from 20 fossil fuel companies
October 20, 2014
GÖTEBORG, Sweden- The international divestment movement and the Swedish fair pension campaign #schysstapensioner campaign are celebrating a major win today as the Second AP Fund – one of several Swedish national pension funds – announced it would begin divesting from fossil fuels. In a move designed to reduce the financial risks of its investments in (More...)
The Presbyterian Church of New Zealand joins a chorus of faith-based action Down Under
October 13, 2014
This is a guest post by Matheson Russell. Matheson is a member of the Anglican church in Auckland, New Zealand and coordinated the successful call for the Anglican Diocese of Auckland to become the first organisation in New Zealand to vote to divest from fossil fuels. He is also a 350 Aotearoa Board member. (Aotearoa (More...)
Glasgow Divests… This Changes Everything
October 8, 2014
The University of Glasgow has become the first university in Europe to divest from the fossil fuel industry. After a year of student campaigning the University Court has voted today to begin divesting its entire £129 million endowment from fossil fuels. This is a major victory for the UK and Europe’s rapidly growing fossil fuel (More...)