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Category: Fossil Fuel Corporations
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After 12 Years of Advocacy, Presbyterian Church USA Approves Fossil Fuel Divestment
To all United Methodists who support fossil fuel divestment because of the harms caused by climate change: Take heart from this story from the PC (USA). It took them 12 years to succeed in getting this passed. In the United Methodist Church, Fossil Free UMC has been working about that same length of time, but…
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Baltimore-Washington Conference Votes to Divest from Fossil Fuels
By Rev. Sharee Wharton The Baltimore-Washington Conference took a meaningful step toward faithful environmental stewardship at the 242nd Annual Conference by successfully passing the Resolution on Fossil Fuel Divestment. Rooted in a deep commitment to creation care and justice, the resolution was presented by Cynthia Taylor, who helped bring both clarity and urgency to the issue. Support…
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Oil Stocks are Surging: An Ethical Dilemma
Image: Canva, used by permission. This article was also published at United Methodist Insight on June 1, 2026. “Yet whatever gains I had, these I have come to regard as loss because of Christ. More than that, I regard everything as loss because of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord.” Philippians 3:7-8 In…
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Obstacles to Strong Climate Action
Image used with permission by the Climate Reality Project “We affirm our sacred calling to be responsible stewards and to lovingly tend all that God has wrought. We recognize the inherent worth of God’s creation, celebrate earth’s abundance and diversity, and, along with the entirety of the cosmos, give praise to its Creator. We recognize…
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A 2026 Model Annual Conference Resolution: Urging Fossil Fuel Divestment of All Denominational Funds at Wespath
This is a Model Annual Conference Resolution for 2026 calling on the United Methodist Church’s investment agency, Wespath, to add fossil fuels to its investment screens for all its portfolios in response to the damage caused by climate change. Any annual conference is welcome to use the model resolution as is or to change it…
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A Critique of Wespath’s 2025 Sustainable Investment Report
By William Meyers for Fossil Free UMC Note: After studying Wespath’s recently released 2025 Sustainability Report, Fossil Free UMC coordinating team member William Meyers analyzed it and wrote this critique. The critique compares Wespath’s approach to climate change and climate justice (including human rights) to the approach taken by Fossil Free UMC. Fossil Free UMC…
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“Celebrating the Death of Fossil Fuels” at COP30
On Saturday at COP 30 in Belém, Brazil, 50,000 people “celebrated the death of fossil fuels” outside the United Nations climate summit. The “Great People’s March” and makeshift “Funeral for Fossil Fuels” was organized by civil society organizations and Indigenous Peoples groups from Brazil and beyond. Their demands included a fair phaseout of fossil fuels and a just transition toward…
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Communities and Churches Destroyed by the January 2025 Wildfires
In January 2025, two United Methodist Churches—Community UMC of Pacific Palisades and Altadena UMC—were burned to the ground in a devastating wildfire. Though only a few miles apart, both shared more than geography: each was founded over a century ago and leaves behind a legacy of deep community involvement. Community UMC has long been known…
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