Category: Climate Justice

  • 10 Reasons for Central Conferences to Support Fossil Fuel Divestment

    10 Reasons for Central Conferences to Support Fossil Fuel Divestment

    The following talking points, developed by Fossil Free UMC, focus on issues that specifically impact Central Conferences related to the General Conference petition to add fossil fuels to United Methodist ethical investment screens. They are intended to facilitate inclusive discussion, discernment, and decision making. Read about each of these points, below. Learn more In Pictures…

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  • Investment Myths: Biofuels

    Investment Myths: Biofuels

    by Rev. Kimberly Hornung-Marcy Biofuels are increasingly heralded as a cleaner alternative to oil and gas. Yet emissions and environmental research tells us that biofuels are a false solution. Biofuels and biofuel investment continues to harm the earth, cause emissions, and harm the local as well as the global environment. Scroll for information, links, and…

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