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Category: Fossil Fuel Corporations
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Watch Fossil Fuel Divestment Summit
Watch the Summit Here See the various speakers at the following times on the video, or find the separate presentations at the YouTube link above: 00:00 – Intro 2:51 – Bishop Sandra K. Olewine 11:55 – William Morris 1:25:47 – Jim Antal 2:12:26 – Jake Barnett 2:36:31 – Julia Frisbie 3:04:00 – Daniel Cohn The…
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Watch the Boycott Chevron Webinar
Presented by UMKR, MFSA, and Fossil Free UMC on March 12, 2025 Go the the UM Kairos Response Website to watch the recording:https://www.kairosresponse.org/webinar_12march2025_chevronboycott.html Ending Israeli occupation and genocide is a climate justice issue. All over the world, struggles against colonialism and the destruction of God’s creation by corporations for the sake of profit are intrinsically…
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“Divestment with Fossil Free UMC” Movement Cafe Video
Watch the Recording Here. Fossil Fuel Divestment is the focus of this first Movement Cafe of 2025. This conversation connects the dots as to why divestment is an important tool to fight climate change. Fossil Free UMC member Jaydee Hanson speaks about how divestment would help the United Methodist Church act on what it has…
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It’s Time to Phase Out Fossil Fuels!
It’s time to phase out fossil fuels! In this decade. Not just from our investments. I mean it’s time for us to start significantly reducing and phasing out fossil fuels now. I know this sounds almost impossible, but this is the what science is telling us. Consider the recently released 2024 State of the Climate…
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Fossil Fuels and Climate: Counting the Cost
Fossil Fuels and Climate: Counting the Cost “For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not first sit down and estimate the cost, to see whether he has enough to complete it?” Luke 14:28 When Jesus spoke these words, he was using the scenario of building a tower to illustrate the cost of…
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Cal-Nevada to Host Summit on Fossil Fuel Divestment
“Investing in new fossil fuel infrastructure is moral and economic madness. Such investments will soon be stranded assets — a blot on the landscape and a blight on investment portfolios.” UN Secretary-General, António Guterres California-Nevada passed a recommendation submitted by the Climate Justice Ministries Task Force at the June Annual Conference Session to identify and…
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Divest from Fossil Fuels to Stop Plastic Pollution
Photo by Sharon Delgado. On April 22, the day before General Conference began, there was a livestreamed Earth Day worship service in Charlotte that focused on our United Methodist call to care for creation. This last day of April here at General Conference would not be complete without tying together this year’s Earth Day theme…
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Bill McKibben Calls on The United Methodist General Conference to Divest from Fossil Fuels (Video)
Bill McKibben, world-renowned climate educator, organizer, and longtime United Methodist, calls on his denomination to “do the right thing” and divest from fossil fuels “while it still matters” as General Conference meets in Charlotte, North Carolina. Delegates will discuss and decide on this issue within the next few days. See Bill’s bio below. Watch Bill’s…
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