The most recent news on the #fossilfuel #divestment movement from all over the world (that means: from Twitter).
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Nov 28
Miss our panel discussion on #Divestment? Or want to listen again? The audio is now available to stream on YouTube: http://t.co/O4TWItOZoo
— JustShare (@JustShareUK) November 28, 2014
Clean power from renewables is now the main source of electricity in SCOTLAND. #Auspol #Divest Don't be a fossil fool pic.twitter.com/xocFlxlb9q
— John Pratt (@Jackthelad1947) November 28, 2014
Canada: what is plan b? @BCorporation @BCorpCanada #divest pic.twitter.com/xi9ttduZgg
— Chris Eich (@efficienteich) November 27, 2014
Fossil Free Uni Lund is on fire! Ace op-ed ahead of their 10-day Divestment Action Week: http://t.co/iIPO6ZGInE Go #FossilFree LU!
— Melanie Mattauch (@MelMattauch) November 28, 2014
Non-stop day of gathering signatures for our proposal submission. We're doing this! Join us at 2.30 outside Summerhill tomorrow #fossilfree
— QBACC (@QBACC) November 28, 2014
Nov 26
Thanks all who have already signed the #Divest letter! Over a 1000 in the first two weeks. http://t.co/ERGJgoD41z pic.twitter.com/M3agbFna6w
— Move Your Money UK (@moveyourmoneyuk) November 26, 2014
.@jaycarmona pushes moral, financial case for fossil free investing @motherearthnews: Fossil Fuel Divestment Growing http://t.co/VDrVATIBIB
— Fossil Free Indexes (@FossilFreeIndxs) November 26, 2014
@billmckibben now talking to audience at #KlimaLima2014. Movement power and unity will help us avoid climate catastrophe.
— Fossil Free De (@FossilFreeDe) November 26, 2014
'Potentially 80per cent of the known fossil fuels need to stay in ground if we are going to limit global warming to 2 degrees' #divestment
— Margaret O'Connor (@MargaretOConno5) November 26, 2014
Oxford Uni is deciding on #divestment. @UniofOxford be a world leader and make history: #DIVEST NOW! #divestoxford
— Jamie Lynde (@jamielynde) November 26, 2014
The @GlasgowUni #Divestment 1st university in Europe, but unlikely to be the last – @UoG_FossilFree #2050startsnow pic.twitter.com/9igF2BUU6N
— Mike Elm (@elmers87) November 26, 2014
Nov 25
Will be live-tweeting all the #divestment news from #dalhousieu today from the @divestdal account! #divestnow #100daysofaction
— KatieRae (@KatieRaeP) November 25, 2014
Global Divestment Day – London Planning Meeting by @divestlondon & @FossilFree_UK. Thurs 4th Dec, see you there! https://t.co/oghUZRVFvM
— Move Your Money UK (@moveyourmoneyuk) November 25, 2014
@DalPres Voices from accross Canada supporting #Divestment at #DalhousieU. All eyes on you! @lstordy @DivestDal https://t.co/1WErdvbkD1
— Stephen Thomas (@StephenJWT) November 25, 2014
Advocates for #divestment also include World Bank head Jim Yong Kim, Desmond Tutu, the latest IPCC report, Ban Ki-moon, Mark Carney, &c.
— Bethany Hindmarsh (@bhindmarsh) November 25, 2014
Ban Ki-Moon Special Envoy on #Climate Mary Robinson encourages fossil fuel #divestment: http://t.co/N76IaAnYVQ @MRFCJ
— Geoffrey Supran (@GeoffreySupran) November 25, 2014
Fossil fuel #divestment: slippery transition or financial shock? VIP Comment from our Chief Editor & @SolarConstant http://t.co/fk22m8oiNI
— BloombergNEF (@BloombergNEF) November 25, 2014
Nov 24
Fossil fuel #divestment accounted for $29B in money manager assets & $14B in institutional investor assets at year-end 2013. #SRITrends2014
— US SIF (@followUSSIF) November 24, 2014
.@DivestMcGill stands with @DivestDal! Time to take a stand for a livable future & #DIVEST #dalhousieu #yesvember pic.twitter.com/1Ierqfxxkw
— Divest McGill (@DivestMcGill) November 24, 2014
@DivestDal Will Dalhousie invest in climate chaos or a sustainable future? #divestnow #fossilfree #DalhousieU pic.twitter.com/4kNQdy3aEN
— DalStudentUnion (@DalStudentUnion) November 24, 2014
Australians target eco-unfriendly banks http://t.co/HsoyMt4mof #fossilfuel
— Sustainable Socially (@sustainablesoc) November 24, 2014
Big funds divesting large sums from #fossilfuel, but momentum towards green alternatives gathering slowly http://t.co/VqiP0nSnV3 #csr
— Ethical Corporation (@Ethical_Corp) November 24, 2014
Great news that our Pathfinder @oxforddiocese has gone #fossilfree http://t.co/uKV9zCYdRz @CAGOxfordshire @OCC_CarbonTeam @earthingfaith
— Low Carbon Oxford (@LoCO2Oxford) November 24, 2014
Nov 22
"Why We Are Suing Harvard" by Alice M. Cherry http://t.co/BncrVFn4wr @DivestLawsuit @BillMoyersHQ #divestlawsuit #climatechange
— Climate Social (@ClimateSocial) November 22, 2014
Look out! #Divestment is spread far and wide. For the latest updates, check out the November digest: http://t.co/ICgGY1fz6k @GoFossilFree
— 350 dot org (@350) November 22, 2014
Congregants and panelists at Eastminster church – who is #FossilFree! – discussing #divestment Thanks for inviting @Toronto350 @timenash
— Monica Resendes (@monica_anna_) November 22, 2014
@5ucheta asks us to de-legitimize fossil fuel biz as we did with tobacco. Eastminster United #divestment workshop pic.twitter.com/SKuMZrO6Ah
— SolarShare (@SolarShare) November 22, 2014
Nov 20
Harvard Students Move Fossil Fuel Stock Fight to Court http://t.co/1c2BfzMhop
— Fossil Free Indexes (@FossilFreeIndxs) November 20, 2014
Nov 19
Ethical investment research company CAER taken to court by Australian mining firm http://t.co/WFTs2FvZH3
— Responsible Investor (@RI_News_Alert) November 19, 2014
Norway's largest pension fund #KLP pulls out of #coal to put money into renewable energy http://t.co/CpUbfMPL9i #divestment #riskycoal
— Anthony Hobley (p) (@arhobley) November 19, 2014
You can take the pledge from your phone! Pledge now to #DivestInvest from #fossilfuels right now! http://t.co/pBmxM5DBD8
— Divest-Invest (@divestinvestorg) November 19, 2014
Boston City Council examines impact of fossil fuel divestment http://t.co/DAx3CpRzUj via @dailyfreepress @betterfuturepro @350mass
— Jean Foster (@jfoster) November 19, 2014
Nov 18
The @CarbonBubble: Will fossil fuel “stranded assets” cause the next Global Financial Crisis? asks @msjemmagreen http://t.co/4py89qrWxK
— Carbon Tracker (@CarbonBubble) November 18, 2014
MT @ODI_development: $88bn a year looking for unburnable #fossilfuels? #ffsG20 pic.twitter.com/4Or4nPwJ1A Better #divest! http://t.co/pZppMsS4xS
— Move Your Money UK (@moveyourmoneyuk) November 18, 2014
New oil investments boost @Harvard energy hldngs to 1/3 of US equities @BloombergNRG: Endowment Loads Up on TX Energy http://t.co/Dzg3VWkRtp
— Fossil Free Indexes (@FossilFreeIndxs) November 18, 2014
Why I support #divestboston and @divestBU: http://t.co/8bm6UzWdzK @350Mass @BetterFuturePro @greendecadenewt
— Nathan Phillips (@nathanpboston) November 18, 2014
Nov 17
Don’t let the banks invest make them #Divest. Tell them to stop using your money to fund #Climatechange http://t.co/pZppMsS4xS
— Move Your Money UK (@moveyourmoneyuk) November 17, 2014
#GoodNews to start the week! The push for #divestment is on! > http://t.co/FWjFyUCXS9 @FossilFree_UK @OperationNoah pic.twitter.com/HAMhMw4ybk
— Climate Revolution (@climate_rev) November 17, 2014
Govt committed to make #CIL #divestment happen @swarup58 #PSU http://t.co/mn7SbpcNqM
— arvindmahajan (@arvindmahajan) November 16, 2014
Nov 7
Bill McKibben: the climate movement needs to get confrontational: INTERVIEW: The writer and reluctant activist… http://t.co/6D6LY8PdJa
— RTCC #climate news (@RTCCclimatenews) November 7, 2014
.@thecrimson gets it right that Harvard & world are falling short on climate action but miss key solution: divestment http://t.co/VmOmqUCAX7
— Chloe Maxmin (@chloemaxmin) November 7, 2014
"This movement has legs," according to the New York Times. http://t.co/6sQVMt1E4H #fossilfree
— Fossil Free (@GoFossilFree) November 7, 2014
Fossil Fuel Subsidies = $700 B/yr Globally. Why r Govs Subsidizing #Climate Change & Most Profitable Industry in World?
— Jim Harris (@JimHarris) November 7, 2014
Nov 6
Biggest $ story of our time? AFR reckons ANU divesting. Not solar, not the #carbonbubble pic.twitter.com/AvcZlUQzUp http://t.co/GNTJe12QQi
— TOM SWANN (@TOM_SWANN) November 6, 2014
.@Lundsuni, @Lunduniversity, take the right decision on Friday! #divest! Go #fossilfree! Petition: http://t.co/qQU02Mw7fV
— Fossil Free De (@FossilFreeDe) November 6, 2014
Nov 4
The hysterical response to #ANU's divestment shows that the #divestment movement is having an impact! http://t.co/WUbIyDE9oN @FossilFreeANU
— 350Australia (@350Australia) November 3, 2014
Catholics and #Climate #Divestment: An Update http://t.co/05FWGQa64L via @Americamag
— Fossil Free Faith (@FossilFreeFaith) November 4, 2014
Harvard @FacultyDivest open letter now has 190 signers http://t.co/EzCzWWGyH9, double the original number @DivestHarvard #FossilFree
— Joyce E. Chaplin (@JoyceChaplin1) November 4, 2014
#Norway: Braced for a new wave of investment out of #fossil fuels http://t.co/muDBEwNxsU
— Robert Rubinstein (@tbli) November 4, 2014
Nov 3
MT @350: Ban Ki-Moon urges pension funds to reduce investments in #fossilfuels #fossilfree pic.twitter.com/6BsF4PqGzq http://t.co/FtIne2AcgB
— Move Your Money UK (@moveyourmoneyuk) November 3, 2014
IPCC Warns of "Irreversible" #Climate Change Unless Phase Out Fossil Fuels NOW. That means #TarSands #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/cczCqcd2Zp
— Jim Harris (@JimHarris) November 3, 2014
Fossil Fuel Caps Urged as Scientists Warn of #Climate Woes http://t.co/sPRMAIUf8F via @BloombergNews #IPCC
— INCR (@INCRnews) November 3, 2014
#FossilFree #divestment is causing #Australia’s elites to sweat – http://t.co/gR6XBWeHDR @350Australia #Climatewarriors #renewableenergy
— New Internationalist (@newint) November 2, 2014
Don't miss our resident oil market expert @eadouglass on @livingonearth @PRI talking #divestment & oil prices: http://t.co/qiwOfUcibE
— InsideClimate News (@insideclimate) November 3, 2014
.@Lundsuni to become 1st in Sweden to @GoFossilFree this Friday? 1200+ students & staff say: “#Divest Fossil Energy” http://t.co/xGrYN5rwhT
— Fossil Free (@GoFossilFree) November 3, 2014
What do you think of the movements for #divestment from #fossilfuel investments on campuses around the US? @NYTimes http://t.co/Lnj0pyMK6a
— AEE (@AEE) November 3, 2014