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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
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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
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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
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Ten Reasons Why The United Methodist Church Should Divest from Fossil Fuels
These talking points explain why it is so important to support the petition to General Conference in 2024 calling for “fossil fuels” to be added to United Methodist Church’s list of ethical investment screens in Paragraph 717 of the United Methodist Book of Discipline. Read more
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A Fossil Free UMC Response to COP28: The Limitations of the Dominant Paradigm for Climate Rescue
Read this also at United Methodist Insight. “My kingdom is not of this world.” John 18:36 (NIV) What was the outcome of COP28? What light can our faith shed on these and other efforts to alleviate climate change and support climate justice? Finally, how does the mission of Fossil Free UMC to divest from fossil Read more
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Fossil Free Advent
Shepherd of Israel, listen! You, who lead us to green, lush pastures, Show us again who we are, As children of Susanna, John and Charles Wesley, Believers! Seekers of salvation! Restore us, God! Make your face shine so that we can be saved! This is my Advent prayer, drawn from Psalm 80. There is much Read more
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