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Category: Climate Justice
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The Unpromises of Oil & Gas
An industry reveals itself in the news this week It was the news this week that caught my eye. With the gear up for General Conference, and the resolution seeking divestment, my attention turns to headlines like these, and the studies and activities they report. The big question for General Conference will be, Divestment or…
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Palms of Holy Week, a Reflection
I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.I lie awake; I have become like a bird alone on a roof…. For I eat ashes as my food and mingle my drink with tears.Psalm 102:6-7, 9 (NIV) Today Christian churches around the world celebrated Palm Sunday, the day when we remember—and stand…
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Call for Divestment – Português & Español
Llamado a la Desinversión – Chamado para o Desinvestimento New language versions up!! The Call for Divestment is now available—the full text of the letter, and the sign on form—in English, Português & Español. You can also view the current signatories. Thank you to the translator! And thank you to those everywhere who care about…
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NEW: 2024 Model Divestment Legislation for Annual Conferences
Scroll down to jump to the Model Resolution for Divestment What is a ‘Model Resolution?’ Resolutions or Legislation, also sometimes called a Petition, is a proposed rule for how the Methodist Church governs itself. Resolutions are submitted to Local Churches during Charge Conference, yearly to Annual Conferences, and to General Conference, which meets every 4…
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Fossil Fuel Companies Are Not Allies for Climate Justice
The United Methodist Church must divest from fossil fuel companies if it hopes to be an ally for climate justice. If fossil fuel companies were allies in addressing the global climate crisis, they would not have buried their own scientific findings about the reality of climate change in the 1970s, they would not have attacked…
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Petition Launched! Sign on and ask the UMC to divest.
Our Divestment Cafe with Bill McKibben, William Morris, and Steve Hucklesby and others went so very well today!! Next step, please sign on to this petition: Calling The United Methodist Church to Divest from Fossil Fuels. Sign, then click to the letter to see those who has signed alongside you. Your voice—in organizations, as individuals,…
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Let’s Shake the Coal Dust Off our Feet
It’s Past Time for United Methodists to Divest from Fossil Fuels Jesus said: “If any place will not welcome you and they refuse to hear you, as you leave, shake off the dust that is on your feet as a testimony against them.” Mark 6:11 It’s past time for the United Methodist Church to shake…
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Do the Math: Divesting from Fossil Fuels
Way back in 2012, just when the fossil fuel divestment movement was getting started, United Methodist and climate leader Bill McKibben popularized a simple mathematical formula that calculates what might make it possible to move away from the threshold of climate chaos. The math comes from economists and scientists, but was given widespread attention when…
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