The most recent news on the #fossilfuel #divestment movement from all over the world (that means: from Twitter).
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Jan 30
Drop in oil prices causes fossil fuel investors to lose $390 billion in 6 months: #divestment http://t.co/atk2Pd8UUz via @business
— Kevin Pflug (@kevinpflug) January 30, 2015
#Divestment has historically led to social change by making corps. "morally bankrupt [it] in the eyes of the public" http://t.co/Ml93IulXFX
— Catherine Hart (@cathart28) January 30, 2015
Shell urges shareholders to adopt #climate resolution–looks like #divestment leverage is gaining ground: http://t.co/7OI5RZfrwh @guardian
— Joule Assets (@JouleAssets) January 30, 2015
Lisa Sachs ’08: #divestment from #fossilfuels a powerful message http://t.co/HecUca5sHL @CCSI_Columbia @JeffDSachs @EarthInstitute @ProSyn
— Columbia Law School (@ColumbiaLaw) January 30, 2015
Excellent blog post by @MillerJDavid and @EmilyCoxSussex on #divestment in response to @hsaunders6 http://t.co/grr3ZGlXdZ @SussexNRGGroup
— Mari Martiskainen (@martiskainen) January 30, 2015
The Responsible Investor’s Guide to #Climate Change, @JeffDSachs & Lisa Sachs @ProSyn http://t.co/vUqbeRyWmY #divestment #energy #lowcarbon
— R Meléndez-Ortiz (@RMelendezOrtiz) January 30, 2015
#Engagement vs. #divestment? Bob Walker of @EthicalFunds shares how we can encourage companies to change http://t.co/E9FbOwMlpv #SRI
— NEI Investments (@NEIinvestments) January 30, 2015
Proud of @TheNewSchool today & thankful to the people who worked so hard to make fossil fuel #divestment a reality. http://t.co/qNSGPsZnen
— Davis Winslow (@daviswinslow) January 30, 2015
Jan 28
Good news: @Nordea one of the Nordic region’s biggest banks selling off 100 million euros ofinvestments in #riskycoal http://t.co/x9KKcCdE2b
— Carbon Tracker (@CarbonBubble) January 28, 2015
Ban Ki-moon demands END to high-carbon infrastructure projects for Green Investment http://t.co/waRELnX2sb – #action2015 #divestment
— One Young World (@OneYoungWorld) January 28, 2015
#Divestment at @CarletonCollege is heating up! 25% of faculty demand an end to business as usual: http://t.co/YXYSuthzNj @350 @GoFossilFree
— Ben Cushing (@bmcushing) January 28, 2015
I am joing with @DivestVU for Global #Divestment Day on Feburary 14th in Amsterdam! Are you? https://t.co/N9ZtgwNKzL #fossilfree
— Izzy Berlijn (@izzyBerlijn) January 28, 2015
Cool to see surge in Canadian #divestment movement! @themanitoban: Advocating fossil fuel divestment @theuwsa http://t.co/BKXN3cxUcn @cfsmb
— Mike Palmieri (@mhpalmieri) January 28, 2015
Jan 27
Sing with savers who want to invest #fossilfree >> http://t.co/FdPcDr03Le #IWantToBreakFossilFree
— ShareAction (@ShareActionUK) January 27, 2015
Feb 13 & 14 – "Global Divestment Days" by http://t.co/1DD0rVqh4c – watch their video- http://t.co/RLRbVAek1d | #csr #esg #divest #divestment
— Cliff Feigenbaum (@CliffGMJ) January 27, 2015
Big shout-out to those who pushed for #divestment at @UMaine, which voted to divest from coal today #cantstopwontstop http://t.co/U8X7QMqBgy
— Kate Aronoff (@KateAronoff) January 27, 2015
#Oxford University committee meets to discuss #fossil fuel #divestment http://t.co/iL0TlXYMfk via @sharethis
— Caroline Allen (@Alleninvest) January 27, 2015
Still think it's not good business to divest? #1 US coal producer, Peabody, the strongest US coal company, lost over $700 million in 2014.
— Hunter Lovins (@hlovins) January 27, 2015
.@andytuit @Vrosalie @McGillU @kk_perry #divestment from harmful #fossilfuel corps is definitely part of the #ESG equation! #divest
— Divest McGill (@DivestMcGill) January 27, 2015
.@FAmagazine highlights our #shareholder resolution on #carbon #asset #risk at @ExxonMobil in article on #divestment http://t.co/3S61xpo9uZ
— As You Sow (@AsYouSow) January 27, 2015
Jan 26
“@TorranceCoste: Fossil Fuel #divestment fever hits #UBC. #climate #bcpoli #cdnpoli http://t.co/q7nZeYRtBV” @VIUniversity @VIUFacultyAsscoc
— Chris Alemany (@chrisalecanada) January 26, 2015
"MITigate; don't eMIT!" says @MIT_alumni after donating to the #divestfund for #divestment at http://t.co/Rv7U0xUprH pic.twitter.com/kLBHg3MPHr
— MIT Divestment Fund (@mitdivestment) January 23, 2015
As a #UBC alum, I implore faculty to vote in favour of #divestment. #divest #fossilfuels @UBCC350
— Tim Pearson (@tmpear) January 26, 2015
Join @NaomiAKlein & @mayboeve for a special Global #Divestment Day #webworkshop on 28 Jan. http://t.co/v4HgzTKwgO @350
— Sarah E. Quinn (@equinns) January 26, 2015
De poster van Global #Divestment Day hangt ook al bij @NewEnergyDocks @urgenda Kom jij ook? http://t.co/5sRmdy6E4a pic.twitter.com/bP5BRbQE0O
— Fossielvrij NL (@FossielvrijNL) January 26, 2015
Jan 23
The #carbonbubble is popping as we speak, and the #divestment train is leaving the station at University of Hawaii. http://t.co/6ZUtXbCzSG
— Stuart Scott (@StuartGaia) January 23, 2015
A prescription for good health: Go #fossil free on Global #Divestment Day on 13-14 Feb http://t.co/YVG1FvWJn7 pic.twitter.com/nNP6K7SffR
— DrsForTheEnvironment (@DocsEnvAus) January 16, 2015
Join @NaomiAKlein & @350 for special pre-Global #Divestment Day #webworkshop on 28 Jan. http://t.co/oi1OWPfmgU
— Kate McNaughton (@katemcnaughton) January 23, 2015
Brilliant news! The United Methodists' Pension Fund has divested! http://t.co/HBarMve11C #fossilfuels = #history @FossilFreeUMC
— divestlondon (@divestlondon) January 23, 2015
Jan 22
Accionistas llaman a desinvertir en combustibles fósiles http://t.co/Vkj2694MYa vía @ComunicaRSE #ISR pic.twitter.com/glgqANRrAe
— Spainsif (@Spainsif) January 22, 2015
As momentum grows good time to ask what happens after fossil fuel #divestment? http://t.co/4CXobjl8kn #carbonbubble #oilprice #greeneconomy
— Why Green Economy? (@WhyGreenEconomy) January 22, 2015
Our open letter to the @Georgetown community regarding the CISR's impending release of their vote on #divestment: https://t.co/6Eh3ok2KEI
— GU Fossil Free (@GUFossilFree) January 22, 2015
Join @NaomiAKlein & @mayboeve for Global #Divestment Day #webworkshop 28th Jan. Don't miss it! http://t.co/bnLtEuGD4k pic.twitter.com/2siHPjGowk
— 350.org Europe (@350Europe) January 22, 2015
Join our Global #Divestment Day singing #flashmob on Feb 14. http://t.co/blwsmZvF7j #LetItGo @350 @FossilFreeBris
— Bristol's Climate (@BristolClimate) December 21, 2014
Chalmers vice president on #divestment decision: ‘It’s difficult to teach sustainability and not live up to it ourselves’
— Melanie Mattauch (@MelMattauch) January 22, 2015
#CarbonBubble is now a reality says #UN #climate chief #fossilfuel as projects become unviable http://t.co/CGfWfxvvqS #divestment
— Greenhouse Team (@Greenhouse_PR) January 22, 2015
Jan 21
#Coal lobby admits #divestment is a concern, but sez it won’t dent growth: http://t.co/WVSLOhEVS8 #carbonbubble
— Climate Parliament (@ClimateParl) January 21, 2015
Join @NaomiAKlein & @350 for special pre-Global #Divestment Day #webworkshop on 28 Jan. http://t.co/o7AZdLZTl6
— DoctorJ (@garciaart3) January 21, 2015
University of Oregon’s Senate unanimously votes in favor of #divestment!! #fossilfree http://t.co/TnxkjsruB0
— Fossil Free (@GoFossilFree) January 21, 2015
6 reasons to sign up for Global Divestment Day (now, not later) http://t.co/HjyQcjF4Ro #FossilFreeSouthampton #divestment #climateaction
— Kristin Vestermark (@KrisVestermark) December 14, 2014
Just donated to the @DivestDartmouth Multi-School Fund via @IAimpactassets http://t.co/3orNfiR7bA #divestment
— Georges Dyer (@georgesdyer) January 21, 2015
Falling oil prices are making the conditions for #divestment make more sense http://t.co/sVhV9gbkNR @BrettFleishman #divestnow
— Cam Fenton (@CamFenton) January 21, 2015
Jan 20
.@uniofbeds announces fossil #divestment, while @PlymUni tops ethical #UniLeague. @Cambridge_Uni languishes in 113th: http://t.co/xBulY7VaML
— Charlie Ashford (@cfashford) January 20, 2015
How #fossilfuel #divestment campaigns could affect #oil stocks http://t.co/qlRGiOp19y via @cdnbiz #carbonbubble #oilprices #climatechange
— Anthony Hobley (@arhobley) January 20, 2015
even rolling stone is getting into #divestment @andytuit http://t.co/KVGyk6s40u
— Aldo Bonati (@AldoBonati) January 20, 2015
Finally! More and more investors ackowledging the existence of unburnable coal http://t.co/QELnkTdGAC #climatechange #divestment #finance
— M. Fioretti (@mfioretti_en) January 20, 2015
#COP21 solution? Fossil fuel #divestment http://t.co/8FTSi4fowM via @TR_Foundation
— World Climate Ltd (@wclimate) January 20, 2015
Jan 19
tabling begins! come visit us at the sid smith lobby! #FossilFree #uoft #divestment pic.twitter.com/py7p0bkvTQ
— U of Toronto 350 (@UofT350) January 19, 2015
ICYM Biggest Nordic fund manager @Nordea ($228bn) to blacklist #coal companies http://t.co/H0bGMvLNXk via @FT #fossilfree #divestment
— Damian Carrington (@dpcarrington) January 19, 2015
28 januari, Webworkshop met @NaomiAKlein – Doe mee en krijg inspiratie voor de Global #Divestment Day! #fossielvrij
— Fossielvrij NL (@FossielvrijNL) January 19, 2015
Quakers to pull funds from #Australia's four major #banks, citing #ethical concerns. #divestment #carbon #climate http://t.co/Tph009A1VX
— John Symond (@john_symond) January 19, 2015
Jan 16
"The reputations of companies linked to fossil fuels are at immediate risk from a fast-growing #divestment campaign” http://t.co/yP7A9B8mub
— Fossil Free (@GoFossilFree) January 16, 2015
Australian Quakers Divest from Big 4 Banks >> http://t.co/XoyhGqoGo2
— ShareAction (@ShareActionUK) January 16, 2015
Challenging the power of the oil-finance alliance: Get involved in global #divestment day http://t.co/KEmkPfvSFw
— Brett Scott (@Suitpossum) January 16, 2015
Disinvestire dai #fossilfuels! Lo chiedono le università #EticaInPillole http://t.co/tXM48bMKHL e @PeriodiciValori http://t.co/rNlK11bVfa
— Elisabetta Tramonto (@EliTramonto) January 15, 2015
Join @NaomiAKlein & @350 for a special pre-Global #Divestment Day #webworkshop on 28 Jan. http://t.co/Mxm6SX9l39
— Climate Talk Story (@matsumotomich) January 16, 2015
Jan 15
Must read. @RollingStone debunks myths and explains the logic behind #divestment #fossilfree http://t.co/UvsagZdOJR
— Hoda Baraka هدى بركة (@hodabaraka) January 15, 2015
#strandedassets Tullow writes off $2.3bn as #oil price takes toll http://t.co/8jAmwWQZ60
— Carbon Tracker (@CarbonBubble) January 15, 2015
Fossil fuel #divestment an increasingly visible topic in the media – MSNBC features NYU push http://t.co/iUNaI6iDmr pic.twitter.com/ip8DEo9bmI
— David W. Livingston (@WolfLivingston) January 15, 2015
Join the London Action on February 14th – Let's make fossil fuels history! #divestment #DIVEST #GlobalDivestmentDay https://t.co/4Z73eQXfDQ
— divestlondon (@divestlondon) January 15, 2015
Why Engagement With Fossil Fuel Companies Offers So Little Promise http://t.co/YPW0E4B5yw @salpern #divestment #coal #fossilfuels
— chaitanyakumar (@chaitanyakumar) January 15, 2015
The idea that #divestment must result in lost returns is flawed. Here's a comparative 10-yr history of $FFIUS vs $SPX http://t.co/5kL8yp7tdo
— Fossil Free Indexes (@FossilFreeIndxs) January 15, 2015
Jan 14
Are you ready to make 2015 the year the world vows to keep fossil fuels underground, for good? WATCH. SHARE. #DIVEST https://t.co/6EAKagaNcC
— 350 dot org (@350) January 14, 2015
ICYMI: 300 Stanford professors urge withdrawal from #fossilfuel investments http://t.co/bq2tpE3eNF #divestment #cilmatechange
— US SIF (@followUSSIF) January 14, 2015
More #college #divestment news: #Vermont’s Goddard College finalizes #fossilfuel divestment http://t.co/BcktozluY1 via @BostonGlobe
— Fossil Free Indexes (@FossilFreeIndxs) January 14, 2015
Harvard defies #divestment campaigners and #invests millions of dollars in fossil fuels http://t.co/7N8FSwYTS9 @studentsdivest
— Clara Vondrich (@Clara_Vondrich) January 14, 2015
Join @NaomiAKlein & @350 for special pre-Global #Divestment Day #webworkshop on 28 Jan. http://t.co/bvJO23F5C1
— Jim W. Harper (@harperfish) January 14, 2015
Jan 13
Top 50 #Green American #Schools, As #Stanford #Faculty Calls For #Fossil Fuel #Divestment – http://t.co/E2BOXdBJ9w #college #university
— GreenIsTweet (@GreenIsTweet) January 13, 2015
[Canadian Biz] How fossil-fuel #divestment campaigns could affect #oil stocks http://t.co/fWL2pg8MKL
— Ethan Stavros (@ONSmallBz) January 13, 2015
It's time for #tarsands companies to stop ignoring the fossil fuel #divestment movement http://t.co/1BQkQoLAjp #climate #fossilfree
— Cam Fenton (@CamFenton) January 13, 2015
RT @TorranceCoste: Yes! #Victoria councillors call for city to make ethical investments http://t.co/lBQ1mxXtbv #yyj #divestment #climate
— Wilderness Committee (@wildernews) January 13, 2015
Global #divestment day — what is it all about? Get the details >> http://t.co/ESE4jaRFcf
— 350 Africa (@350Africa) January 13, 2015
Oh happy day. We have 500 followers today. Yeah! Thanks everyone! Let's make the world #fossilfree pic.twitter.com/lU3haErxLZ
— Fossielvrij NL (@FossielvrijNL) January 13, 2015
Jan 12
Great work by @GoFossilFree as over 300 professors from @Stanford back #Divestment! http://t.co/4Z68TsYzI7 pic.twitter.com/SGqhG0tWvX
— Climate Revolution (@climate_rev) January 12, 2015
2015 – the #Fossil #Fuel endgame begins – http://t.co/DA9Dy2s2Ox #divestment #carbon #pollution #emissions
— GreenIsTweet (@GreenIsTweet) January 12, 2015
Come and join @DivestVU for the Carbon Rush screening in Vondelbunker this Wednesday! #divestment pic.twitter.com/RRvggIfuVr
— Fossielvrij NL (@FossielvrijNL) January 12, 2015
Just landed in OAK! Psyched for our #divestment team retreat this week
— Lindsay Meiman (@lindsaymeim14) January 12, 2015
Oil and gas producers face rating downgrades, no better time for #divestment http://t.co/p49mcslyKo #auspol #climatechange #carbon
— Jules L (@jag_lab) January 12, 2015
99% of #Canada’s #tarsands must remain in the ground to avoid catastrophic #climatechange. #Divest from #fossilfuels http://t.co/mFIvOlKlUe
— Kristen Perry (@kk_perry) January 12, 2015
Another successful People's Kitchen #fossilfree #divestment #climate #amsterdam #hambachforest @GenerationAlpha @350 pic.twitter.com/XZl3y1yUXS
— Angela Nichols (@AngelaNich0ls) January 11, 2015
Students for a Just and Stable Future is inside Albert Oil magazine! #Divestment http://t.co/yfDzRrW96S
— Just and Stable (@JustandStable) January 12, 2015
Jan 9
Climat : pétrole, gaz et charbon doivent rester sous terre http://t.co/5xTZreR8Oa via @Le_Figaro
— Novethic (@Novethic) January 9, 2015
Should foundations' investment policy and mission be separated? Is the right time to talk about #divestment? @The_EFC http://t.co/WVNMNZ08Hc
— Federica Saccia (@aiccas) January 9, 2015
On Global #Divestment Day on13-14 Feb. We'll be out in our medical gear to promote divestment from fossil fuels. http://t.co/SrJvUS2ITU
— DrsForTheEnvironment (@DocsEnvAus) January 9, 2015
3,000+ MIT members want fossil fuel #divestment – add your voice – donate to http://t.co/c5xWVt6W9U pic.twitter.com/R1ecieit6c
— Becky Romo (@rebeccaroseromo) January 9, 2015
schools like @swarthmore rejecting #divestment "remarkably short-sighted" & "missing the point" says @globeandmail http://t.co/v4BuKQCc1O
— SwatMountainJustice (@SwarthMJ) January 9, 2015
Breaking: @DivestReed joins the #divestfund! Add your voice for #divestment with at donation today! pic.twitter.com/dLSDRtA0ho
— MultiSchool Divest (@DivestFund) January 9, 2015
This Is the Argument ExxonMobil Uses to Fight Back Against Climate Activists http://t.co/gg5gP7Mrtr via @motherjones #Divestment #Auspol
— Geoffrey Payne (@geoffrey_payne) January 9, 2015
Jan 8
.@PlatformLondon share 10 top #divestment moments from 2014! http://t.co/03tVOtLg00 #Lego #Tate @ReclaimOurBard pic.twitter.com/reh22OGOfm
— Climate Revolution (@climate_rev) January 8, 2015
Global warming likely to be an issue for 2016 Presidential campaign, says @Podesta44 http://t.co/GmqZLpuHHA
— Edward King (@edking_CH) January 8, 2015
New @UCL_ISR #unburnablecarbon report confirms work of 'increasingly influential NGO' @CarbonBubble says @RHarrabin http://t.co/Rn3Nrnkvnc
— Carbon Tracker (@CarbonBubble) January 8, 2015
@SimonMPek @SustainableSFU How #fossilfuel subsidies are starving #innovation: http://t.co/yr5gPIMC7c From @GlobeBusiness #divestment
— Stephanie Reimer (@StephReimer) January 8, 2015
.@Harvard called “short-sighted” in @globeandmail for rejecting #divestment. Hvd "is missing the point” @chloemaxmin http://t.co/wEhaCqrA4r
— Kristen Perry (@kk_perry) January 8, 2015
Jan 7
This new Nature study on fossil fuel reserves is hugely important–and a big deal for the #divestment campaign: http://t.co/cnxHdKwNuJ
— Jamie Henn (@Agent350) January 7, 2015
Organizing works! "The fossil-fuel industry’s aura of invincibility is gone. They’ve got all the money on the… http://t.co/DMrVGlHFYu
— FossilFreeUMC (@FossilFreeUMC) January 7, 2015
.@priceofoil says it too: fossil fuel #divestment movement will only grow in 2015 http://t.co/Gc4Zp930k1
— Chloe Maxmin (@chloemaxmin) January 7, 2015
#Divestment. A hot topic right now as seen in http://t.co/enfYINiqAu We believe solutions investing is the answer: http://t.co/3DNirEWski
— EcoAlpha AM (@EcoAlphaAM) January 7, 2015
#Divestment or #engagement? @FT looks at the #carbon company debate. https://t.co/bUoVyQiyio Shell & BP 2015 AGMs a pointer. #corpgov #ESG
— Andrew Whiley (@WhileyAndrew) January 7, 2015
from the beginning of 2015 to Jan 5
We need #divestment & engagement to achieve #climate secure global energy system http://t.co/mdCd7KbCb5 via @FT @pilitaclark @CarbonBubble
— Anthony Hobley (@arhobley) January 5, 2015
Pope Francis Could Tip Balance Against Fossil Fuels http://t.co/SZY32TRzMT Ask @Pontifex to #divest >> http://t.co/OGriVybbNp
— Melanie Mattauch (@MelMattauch) January 5, 2015
In-depth look at how fossil fuel extraction and waste emissions exacerbate climate change http://t.co/NNEyY5Qpvb
— Chloe Maxmin (@chloemaxmin) January 4, 2015
Thinking big in CA in 2015 includes #divestment of state pension funds from coal http://t.co/mPaQyYUMiU via @DanielMorain #climatechange
— GreenChristine (@GrnChristine) January 4, 2015
We're holding #Divestment Parties around the UK Feb 14th! Email fionn@moveyourmoney.org.uk to join us! pic.twitter.com/TD5ghx9rfN
— Move Your Money UK (@moveyourmoneyuk) January 4, 2015
#divestment at work: Norwegians Turn Ambivalent on @statoilasa in face of #climatechange. http://t.co/CNkYJbJ9nb
— Bastian Zeiger (@BastianZeiger) January 3, 2015
3/ #climatefinance 2015 7) fossil #divestment grows to $150bn AuM 8) post-2015 #DRR deal changes how #insurance mkt prices #climate risk
— Abyd Karmali (@AbydKarmali1967) January 2, 2015
Fossil fuel #divestment isn't just the right moral choice. With oil prices crashing, oil, gas and coal are a bad bet http://t.co/DJScyqP6sl
— Chris Tackett (@christackett) January 2, 2015
Oil price collapse fuels case for #divestment. Campaigners deserve bonus for quality investment advice? http://t.co/mVin3UZDTc @GoFossilFree
— Bill Gunyon (@BillGunyon) January 2, 2015
#divestment is now the main climate change battleground" Getting serious: http://t.co/qMlbXCbNyT #auspol
— Divest VicSuper (@DivestVicSuper) January 2, 2015
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