Not-to-be-missed tweeted news on the #fossilfuel #divestment global movement.
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January 31
Less than a decade after World War II, the fossil fuel industry was studying CO2 pollution. Within a few years, it knew its products threatened global warming. Its response? To turn around & orchestrate an anti-science, anti-policy denial campaign dwarfing even Big Tobacco's. 1/n pic.twitter.com/L1FfJu9Dy3
— Geoffrey Supran (@GeoffreySupran) January 30, 2019
The #FramingClimateJustice launch is tonight! It's shaping up to be a great evening.
If you can't make it, we'll be livestreaming the panel on the Fossil Free UK Facebook, and you can join the conversation using the hashtag. 📢
— Fossil Free UK (@FossilFree_UK) January 31, 2019
January 30
Superb #divestment article by @billmckibben
“Climate justice has gone from an issue to THE issue“ https://t.co/HyOu6fxN37
— Stephen Trew (@stephentrew) January 30, 2019
Disgraceful that @Cambridge_Uni took #fossilfuel money to reject #divestment. They must cut their ties with the industry and #divest now!https://t.co/TAYYNaWnh5
— John Barry is working to contract (@ProfJohnBarry) January 30, 2019
Great offshore drilling news from Oregon – limiting fossil fuel production is a crucial piece of climate action.
This is a key step to a managed decline of fossil fuels & a #JustTransition for workers & communities. #ProtectOurCoast #KeepItInTheGroundhttps://t.co/j2tRy0riFY
— Oil Change International (@PriceofOil) January 30, 2019
January 29
Congrats @Middlebury for siding with its students and divesting from fossil fuels!!! @CarletonCollege, let's do the right thing and join them. #DivestCarleton #WhatWouldLarryGouldDo #EveryCarlForDivestment https://t.co/9IaKdQ601B
— Divest Carleton (@DivestCarleton) January 29, 2019
January 28
Dear Germany, #2038IsTooLate for phasing-out coal & you know it. Too late to keep your countries' emission targets & the world's 1.5 degree limit. Too late for people suffering from climate crisis right now. #FossilFree handed over 24k signatures to Environment Ministery today. pic.twitter.com/umdc0UMgm6
— Fossil Free Berlin (@DivestBerlin) January 28, 2019
Women’s colleges must lead the way with fossil fuel #divestment | Varsity https://t.co/BSPvI8l3NA
— IntentionalEndowment (@IntentEndowment) January 27, 2019
January 25
A record rise in CO2 is not good news!
The MPs Pension Fund is invested in the fossil fuel industry. Ask them to #DivestParlimenthttps://t.co/fFHqAcWKlyhttps://t.co/V5gOd0xx5q#co2emission #co2 #divest #divestment
— Stephen Trew (@stephentrew) January 25, 2019
The fossil fuel industry has spent nearly $2 BILLION lobbying against climate change legislation since 2000. It’s time to divest. Learn how here: https://t.co/lcS7t4X0kA #fossilfuelfree #divestment
— Green Century (@Green__Century) January 25, 2019
Big cheers as @ewarren says she’s all in on #ClimateChange and shouts out the #GreenNewDeal come get it @sunrisemvmt @NoFossilMoney oh, she also says it’s time to end #FossilFuel subsidies, just for @OilChangeUS pic.twitter.com/WE622NW8Oe
— UniteBlue South Carolina (@UniteBlueSC) January 24, 2019
January 24
Another Swedish Pension Fund Makes Huge #ESG-Focused #Divestment: Selling of nukes, tobacco, coal and oil sands holdings follows new law, plus actions of sister fund. https://t.co/14bEinIxrW
— IntentionalEndowment (@IntentEndowment) January 24, 2019
January 23
Proud to continue moving Sweden towards the goal of becoming the worlds first fossil free welfare nation in my new role as minister of #Climate and Environment. Want to thank all partners for excellent cooperation during my four years of International Development Cooperation! https://t.co/zmr0P5zOvB
— Isabella Lövin (@IsabellaLovin) January 23, 2019
January 21
Boom! With Swedish pension fund AP1 divesting from fossil fuels we've passed the $8 trillion mark!#Divestment #climatechange #sri https://t.co/T58vgPMdQX
— Richard Brooks ☀️ (@RichBrooks350) January 21, 2019
Want to know more about ethical and financial aspects of #divesting ? See my new paper with @truzaar: https://t.co/tKhEdjOyXo
— Olaf Weber (@olaf_weber) January 21, 2019
January 20
On Jan. 8, St. James Episcopal Church’s Vestry – its governing body – voted unanimously to #divest of its fossil fuel stocks, becoming the first Episcopal church in Connecticut to do so – https://t.co/nw4aIT6kqa #Divestment
— Aryt Alasti (@AAlasti) January 20, 2019
January 17
Analysis finds ‘verdant’ MacArthur Foundation still invests in fossil fuels https://t.co/4yAe2FZBx7 @MarcGunther #ClimateRisk #Divestment #EnergyDivestment #FossilFuels #ClimateSolutions #FossilFuelIndustry #EnergyMarkets #EnergyInvestment #MacArthurFoundation #Oil #Gas
— IEEFA.org (@ieefa_institute) January 17, 2019
January 16
Join us next week as we head to the State House and call on our lawmakers to support our local-option #divestment bill! Find out how you can help. #mapoli https://t.co/4LYxt9qFBs pic.twitter.com/XmzaDpOzi0
— MassDivest (@massdivest) January 16, 2019
We are delighted to be co-hosting a conference with @CAFOD on February 14 for Catholic religious communities to explore how Catholic institutions are responding to @Pontifex's 'Laudato Si' call for #climateaction – including fossil fuel #divestment: https://t.co/Cx38kvGDIx pic.twitter.com/EGaSillC8U
— Operation Noah (@OperationNoah) January 16, 2019
January 14
Thank you to @ewarren for signing the #NoFossilFuelMoney pledge! It's past time to start fighting against #globalwarming and we need leaders who aren't compromised by dirty fossil fuel money. https://t.co/nB5af1t0Ns
— MassDivest (@massdivest) January 14, 2019
January 13
"Exxon's last ditch effort to avoid turning over additional documents to investigators suggests the company has a whole lot more it's still hiding from the public, shareholders, and policymakers” #divestment @sccscot https://t.co/OVWAJhSTkB
— BSCG Scotland (@bscgscotland) January 13, 2019
January 10
It's been 1 year since @NYCMayor & @NYCComptroller pledged to divest NYC from fossil fuels & sue Big Oil. More progress since:
✍️Started writing a divestment plan
💰Announced $4 billion in climate solutions investment
🤝Launched City Divest Forum w/ London & other @C40 cities pic.twitter.com/CCwj7YBrNG— 350 dot org (@350) January 10, 2019
Happy Anniversary @newyorkcity! One year today, you boldly went where few cities have dared to go: You pledged to DIVEST from fossil fuels & SUE Big Oil for their climate crimes. THIS is what real leadership looks like. Thank you @NYCMayor @NYCComptroller! https://t.co/MVMSxVxQmT
— Clara Vondrich (@Clara_Vondrich) January 10, 2019
1 year since New York City lead by @nycmayor @nyccomptroller committed to #DivestNY from fossil fuels & sue Big Oil. Making progress:
✍️ Started crafting real #divestment plan
💲 Investing $4 billion in climate solutions
🤝Launched City Divest Forum w/ London & other @C40 cities pic.twitter.com/6PL0bbItDu— Richard Brooks ☀️ (@RichBrooks350) January 10, 2019
Burning of #FossilFuels is a leading cause of #AirPollution. Two great steps ahead would be #Divestment (Especially by health industry super funds) and a move to #RepowerHealth so our health facilities don't depend on the causes of #AirPollution.https://t.co/2hoCcIBVU0
— Healthy Futures (@HealthyFuturez) January 10, 2019
January 9
Signalling by the financial institutions is one of the important outcomes of #divestment. The exclusion list of @OP_Ryhma includes several polluting utilities in Europe: @uniper_energy, @RWE_AG and #PGE. #FinanceBeyondCoal https://t.co/1jyKd9RKmM
— Kaarina Kolle (@KaarinaKolle) January 9, 2019
Unitarian Society of Northampton and Florence [Massachusetts] divests from fossil fuels – https://t.co/ersmgoywMz #Divestment #Divest
— Aryt Alasti (@AAlasti) January 9, 2019
January 8
Our new report showing why and how #SWFs such as #Norway's #NBIM should divest #fossilfuels and invest in #renewables to reduce risk and generate long-term returns is out! https://t.co/hvB5AUeh7F
— Sony Kapoor (@SonyKapoor) January 8, 2019
ABP gains €700m from tobacco, nuclear arms divestment https://t.co/vscUuV06F0 pic.twitter.com/GJBsvE8Qr2
— IPE.com News (@IPEnews) January 8, 2019
New article "Fossil fuel divestment and climate change: Reviewing contested arguments".
Surveys informal, online and academic debates about effectiveness of #divestment strategy to combat #climatechange. #climate #climateaction #divest #coal #oil https://t.co/WucK3Ebw3D …
— Jeroen van den Bergh (@ProfJeroenBergh) January 8, 2019
https://t.co/r2a30vMart Divesting from thermal coal, tar sands and tobacco #advice #money #ESG #SRI #2019 #millennials #UN #SDGs #superannuation #Australia #SMSFs pic.twitter.com/xQnYC1TIQF
— responsibleinvestors (@responsible_inv) January 8, 2019
Join us tomorrow w/ @RAN as we demand that @Chase stop financing fossil fuels. #chasebankofdoom pic.twitter.com/G14x3ZnFk8
— SF Public Bank Coalition (@sfpublicbank) January 8, 2019
January 7
Wallace Global Fund incredibly proud to be supporting the @sunrisemvmt led by #divestment leaders, shaking Up the Climate Debate. Will More Funders Pay Attention? https://t.co/clOXsfijF6
— Ellen Dorsey (@EllenD35) January 7, 2019
Today’s #SCOTUS victory clears the way for our office to investigate Exxon’s conduct toward consumers and investors. The public deserves answers from this company about what it knew about the impacts of burning fossil fuels, and when. https://t.co/BljXQzcY49
— Maura Healey (@MassAGO) January 7, 2019
Good news! #ExxonKnew about climate change for decades while supporting climate denial. https://t.co/TbOcMyTSTY
— Food & Water Watch (@foodandwater) January 7, 2019
January 6
.@KHayhoe:
In the world we live in, #money speaks loudly. Thanks to the growing #divestment movement, we have seen cities, universities and entire countries withdrawing investments from fossil fuel assets.#ClimateChange @umweltstiftung https://t.co/dABwTczjGA— Markus Große Ophoff (@GrosseOphoff) January 6, 2019
January 5
#Divestment from #FossilFuels has begun, with Ireland leading the wayhttps://t.co/DIf0zk6m3k
— Grace O'Sullivan MEP (@GraceOSllvn) January 5, 2019
Well done to @nclfossilfree for a good-humoured protest raising awareness of the need for ending investments in #fossilfuels to combat #ClimateBreakdown 👏https://t.co/bxCFm9OGrz
Read our full press release on #divestment ⬇️https://t.co/4sgw5kVJHp
— Newcastle Greens (@NCLGreenParty) January 5, 2019
At last, Ireland’s #divestment from fossil fuels is underway.
Thank you, @ThomasPringleTD 🙏 pic.twitter.com/eYbrEnUnyC
— Brian Lavery (⧖) (@lav) January 5, 2019
The Ireland Strategic Investment Fund has divested from 38 fossil fuel companies. The #divestment, which was worth a combined €68 million, saw the fund selling off its shares in companies involved in oil, gas & other #fossilfuels https://t.co/O2EQPNVxlz #climate
— Emma Clancy (@emmaclancy123) January 5, 2019
January 4
Fossil fuel #divestment confronts the political legitimacy & social licience of fossil fuels industry & that systems dependence on capital. Ireland is still a laggard state on climate, BUT this is an important global disruptive decarbonizing signal (1/2)https://t.co/EEhFuDkTwI
— Noel Healy (@DrNoelHealy) January 4, 2019
Ireland now divested from fossil fuels. Such deep thanks to all who organized to make this first nation-scale divestment happen . @trocaire https://t.co/Q2HTmJNzhP
— Bill McKibben (@billmckibben) January 4, 2019
January 3
#California #Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones seeks more insurer #fossilfuel #divestment https://t.co/jLk3XhZPBx
— Hydrogen Fuel News (@hydrogenfuelnew) January 3, 2019
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