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  • Plain Talk: This is what’s at stake

    Plain Talk: This is what’s at stake

    The truth. The impacts. Why we must act with urgency to stop emissions by divesting from fossil fuels at every level. At this point we have to be really plain about what is happening right now to the planet, and what we risk tomorrow if we do not act to address the climate crisis. And… Read more

  • 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… Read more

  • The Revised Social Principles, Creation Justice, and General Conference

    The Revised Social Principles, Creation Justice, and General Conference

    The Revised Social Principles, Creation Justice, and General Conference   by Sharon Delgado and Mark Davies In addition to promoting the General Conference legislation to add fossil fuels to the list of United Methodist investment screens, Fossil Free UMC supports the passage of the Revised Social Principles at General Conference. In addition to working with Fossil Free… Read more

  • 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… Read more

  • Frontline Communities, Climate Justice, and Divestment

    Frontline Communities, Climate Justice, and Divestment

    by Sharon Delgado Last week I met with an Annual Conference delegation to General Conference to explain why Fossil Free UMC promotes the General Conference petition to add fossil fuels to our investment screens. At the meeting, one of the delegates reminded me of how important it is as part of our campaign to make… Read more

  • Climate Finance and Intergenerational Justice: The Rights of the Child

    Climate Finance and Intergenerational Justice: The Rights of the Child

    William Myers In 2023, The California-Nevada Annual Conference passed two resolutions linking climate change with the financing of fossil fuels.  The first was the petition to add “fossil fuels” to the list of United Methodist ethical investment screens, which Fossil Free UMC is now working to pass at General Conference. The second resolution was inspired… Read more