Not-to-be-missed tweeted news on the global #fossilfuel #divestment movement and campaign.
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April 30
Cambridge City Council Endorses Fossil Fuel #Divestment – https://t.co/JO5kEXrbAh #Divest
— Aryt Alasti (@AAlasti) April 30, 2019
Our founder and editor-in-chief @tobyheaps is testifying at today's hearing in support of #divestment. Tune in live! #DivestNY https://t.co/UzOUJyRlF8
— Corporate Knights (@corporateknight) April 30, 2019
"It is the responsibility of our public funds to divest from fossil fuels and invest in a just transition" @CataRomo1 testifying for @350 at a Senate Committee on fossil fuel #divestment pic.twitter.com/TRwDazjLiL
— Brett Fleishman (@BrettFleishman) April 30, 2019
April 29
In our political lives we need to be exerting far more power. That's why I have begun declining to accept honorary degrees from colleges that won’t divest their endowments of fossil fuels @billmckibben @GlobalOptimism @swarthmore @harvard #HarvardHeatWeek https://t.co/nBNq4YexAb
— Christiana Figueres (@CFigueres) April 29, 2019
ZC welcomes @Cambridge_Uni ’s response to historic academic pressure to reconsider how it can divest from #fossilfuels. We insist this report be done in a transparent, comprehensive, and conflict of interest-free manner. #divestment https://t.co/apyQc0uXpK
— Cambridge Zero Carbon Society (@ZeroCarbonSoc) April 29, 2019
@350 @350Europe @FossilFree_UK @friends_earth @FoEScot @peopleandplanet @divestinvestorg @DivestInvest_Eu @Medact
— Operation Noah (@OperationNoah) April 29, 2019
April 28
**Press Release**@TheSNP MPs back fossil fuel #divestment of MPs Pension Fundhttps://t.co/5gGh2EfZVD#ClimateCrisis #ClimateChangeTheFacts #FossilFree
— Divest Parliament (@MP_Divest) April 28, 2019
April 26
Climate activists protest outside Edinburgh's Royal Bank of Scotland HQ – https://t.co/tJzoa0bd1S #DefundFossilFuels #Divestment
— Aryt Alasti (@AAlasti) April 26, 2019
April 25
The @NoFossilBanks campaign went to Edinburgh today & teamed-up with @FoEScot to tell @RBS it's time to ditch #fossilfuels!#FossilBanksNoThanks https://t.co/UwdKOQlJFO
— BankTrack (@BankTrack) April 25, 2019
April 24
#Divestment breakthrough in the USA!
Thank you, Denver, for doing the right thing! Congratulations @350denver, for persisting and winning.
💚 from Berlin, Germany https://t.co/PPAbckWcBS
— Fossil Free Berlin (@DivestBerlin) April 24, 2019
APRIL 26th.
HARVARD YARD.
STUDENTS WILL RALLY AND FLOOD @HARVARD.
DEMANDING #DIVESTMENT FROM ALL FOSSIL FUELS.
JOIN US.#DIVESTHARVARD#THISISZEROHOUR pic.twitter.com/V5JEqSryqI
— Jamie Margolin (@Jamie_Margolin) April 24, 2019
April 23
BREAKING: We are delighted to announce that 8 local churches and the United Reformed Church Synod of Yorkshire have joined the Easter Declaration for #FossilFreeChurches and committed to full #divestment from fossil fuels! https://t.co/kuiZriNLg8 pic.twitter.com/MhWexFwKGO
— Operation Noah (@OperationNoah) April 23, 2019
Fossil fuel sectors financed by French banks at the same level in 2018 as in 2010, according to the supervisor ACPR report. We need something more than #divestment campaings: strong committment by the @ecb https://t.co/r62YyS8SpD pic.twitter.com/BLPnbqW3u4
— Wojtek Kalinowski (@woj_kalinowski) April 23, 2019
April 18
"we have to stop burning #fossilfuels" "@GretaThunberg #climatestrike#fridaysforfuture#schoolstrike4climate#YouthforClimate#IwantYoutoPanic#UntilweareDone #fossilfuels #divestment #ActOnClimate #ActNOW @EllenD35 @Clara_Vondrich @gold_lgold @tomasinsua @GeoffreySupran https://t.co/o3dH4qTECe
— Andrea Di Turi (@andytuit) April 18, 2019
April 17
There’s a law against genocide and apartheid. This lawyer demands an international ‘#ecocide’ law defined as extensive damage, destruction to, or loss of ecosystems. It could be used against CEOs e.g. from #Shell or #RWE, or presidents & ministers. https://t.co/dUAZTA5Wi9
— Fossil Free Berlin (@DivestBerlin) April 17, 2019
#ExxonKnew their oil business’ climate-wrecking effect for decades, though spent millions to lie & deflect. When members of EU parliament met to withdraw their access badges, Exxon & lobby group claimed to be green, pushed hard behind the scenes – and won.https://t.co/XqlodCXhJB
— Fossil Free Berlin (@DivestBerlin) April 17, 2019
With Easter fast approaching, the last in our series of local churches to have made a #divestment commitment is:
#6: St John's Church, Hartley Wintney
Less than a week to go to the Easter Declaration for #FossilFreeChurches! Find out more: https://t.co/P8EbZMU3hT pic.twitter.com/esYdDYAXeq
— Operation Noah (@OperationNoah) April 17, 2019
April 16
EDITORIAL: Time to #Divest From Fossil Fuels | The Cornell Daily Sun – https://t.co/VmDZ5ylBGJ #Divestment
— Aryt Alasti (@AAlasti) April 15, 2019
April 15
.@ewarren promises to ban new fossil fuel leasing on federal lands if elected President. Sen. Warren just set a new bar for #ClimateLeadership. RT if you believe every 2020 candidate should commit to keep fossil fuels in the ground! #Climate2020 https://t.co/kkdM86Clf4
— Greenpeace USA (@greenpeaceusa) April 15, 2019
April 14
We Won’t Speak at Your Commencement — and Hope No One Else Will Either | Christiana Figueres & Bill McKibben – https://t.co/s3IzEUsWDH #Divestment #Divest
— Aryt Alasti (@AAlasti) April 14, 2019
April 11
Could your church join the Easter Declaration for Fossil Free churches? #FossilFreeChurches #divestmenthttps://t.co/P8EbZMU3hT
— Operation Noah (@OperationNoah) April 11, 2019
@MHermosillaD habla del fenómeno de #Divestment y cómo puede influenciar la mitigación de emisiones. Fondos de pensiones pueden jugar un rol clave #icare @icare_chile pic.twitter.com/dXW32YdGrP
— Juan CATRIL (@JcCatril) April 11, 2019
Hey .@UniCredit_PR when will you stop financing #climatechange? Time for climate action is NOW! #UniCredit #EndCoal! pic.twitter.com/T2l9kHu9yk
— Greenpeace (@Greenpeace) April 11, 2019
📣 Pledge news: @DerekThomasUK becomes the latest MP to back #DivestParliament – welcome aboard 👏🥳
Ahead of tomorrow's #schoolstrike4climate, it is encouraging to see more and more cross party MPs backing our campaign. The youth are calling for exactly this type of action 🌍 pic.twitter.com/e5PDuYaP1H
— Divest Parliament (@MP_Divest) April 11, 2019
Evidently, target setting does not work. Bans do. Setting a deadline to ban the use of #fossilfuels for energy/transport ensures fossil fuel #divestment and a gradual transition to #RenewableEnergy#letsbanfossilfuels @James_BG @GretaThunberg @CarolineLucas https://t.co/rPZHtZ1EQg
— Let's Ban Fossil Fuels (@ban_fossilfuels) April 11, 2019
April 10
Deposits in traditional banks fund more than $100 billion in pipelines, oil drills and more every year. Proud to be an investor in @Aspiration, a fossil fuel free alternative to traditional banking that works to help people save money and save the planet. https://t.co/p0HYfAz84w
— Leonardo DiCaprio (@LeoDiCaprio) April 10, 2019
#NorwayForFuture‘s government is speeding up fossil fuel #divestment. Another 6 coal companies shall be banned from their state pension fund. That‘s $4.2 billion less for climate killers.
Note to other investors like Germany‘s government: #CarbonBubble is coming. #Divest! pic.twitter.com/RBhsAwFS55
— Fossil Free Berlin (@DivestBerlin) April 10, 2019
If we meet our risky climate goal of 2°C, the value of fossil fuel stocks will plummet in the next decade. If we don't stay under 2°, the value of all stocks will plummet. From an investment perspective, the case for #divestment couldn't be clearer. https://t.co/NbNu7CNvgn pic.twitter.com/8yzfgVz8xH
— Senator Liz Krueger (@LizKrueger) April 10, 2019
Powerful article by @billmckibben "No story, no issue, no fact approaches significance greater than this one: The basic stability of our planet has been upended in our lifetimes." #ActonClimate #GreenNewDeal #divestment https://t.co/PsbyhNnVNZ
— 350 Triangle (@350Triangle) April 10, 2019
List of companies in Norges Bank #divestment list https://t.co/lbCkGnzqed
— 🌱💧Mark Plackett ♻ (@MarkPlackett1) April 10, 2019
April 9
UK parliament pension fund takes first step towards fossil fuel divestment #climatechange #fossilfuels #EnergyTransition #pensions https://t.co/jjza8BJkgD
— Anthony Hobley (@arhobley) April 9, 2019
'Historic Breakthrough'- Norwegian #oil fund invests in #renewables. The world's largest sovereign wealth fund is going #green, investing billions of dollars in #wind and #solarpower projects. #Divestment #endfossils https://t.co/r0Rmk476Mf
— Energy Watch Group (@EWGnetwork) April 9, 2019
No export credit agency should be allowed to finance fossils anymore, says @ClaudeTurmes at #Betd2019 – right he is! #divestment
— Rainer Hinrichs-R. (@HinrichsRahlwes) April 9, 2019
Exxon refused to attend EU Parliament to respond on-record to my expert testimony about their decades of climate denial & delay. Instead, they smeared me & @NaomiOreskes behind the scenes in a now-leaked letter to MEPs. So we've written to @Europarl_EN to correct the record. 1/n pic.twitter.com/NwGcF5k12R
— Geoffrey Supran (@GeoffreySupran) April 9, 2019
3/n: Here's my op-ed in @EURACTIV today summarizing our letter to MEPs and its relevance to EU Parliament's decision this Thursday on whether to ban Exxon from lobbying: https://t.co/ctVWATcfhh. Direct link to letter here: https://t.co/qo4UPBYt56.
— Geoffrey Supran (@GeoffreySupran) April 9, 2019
April 2
News via @EURACTIV: Nuclear power excluded from EU’s green investment label: https://t.co/uOERWmKDGv#GreenFinance #NuclearEnergy #EnergySector #impinv #greenwashing pic.twitter.com/M2Te2qyjAp
— NextBillion (@NextBillion) April 2, 2019
April 1
BREAKING: An FOI by Fossil Free USYD has uncovered that @Sydney_Uni invests millions more dollars than previously known in fossil fuel corporations! Join the #FossilFree movement and push the University of Sydney to #divest from fossil fuels >> https://t.co/yeJng07d56 pic.twitter.com/m9bM58SPgK
— 350Australia (@350Australia) April 1, 2019
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