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Category: Divestment
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MFSA Plumbline: Divestment from Fossil Fuels
Understanding the Issue Fossil Free UMC (FFUMC) is promoting General Conference legislation to address climate change by adding “fossil fuels” to the list of ethical investment screens in paragraph ¶717 of The 2016 United Methodist Book of Discipline. At issue is whether The United Methodist Church should divest from fossil fuels, the primary driver of…
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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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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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Divestment Conversation: Follow Up
Thank you to everyone who participated in the Conversation on Divestment with Bill McKibben, William H. Morris, Steve Hucklesby and more! The opportunity was especially rich in thinking about divestment not only as an essential part of addressing the climate crisis, but also as an essential moral action–an act of faith. Please sign on to…
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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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