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  • Making the Right Decisions for the Wrong Reasons

    Making the Right Decisions for the Wrong Reasons

    Thoughts on Climate Finance After the Conclusion of COP30 Around the venue, (Photo: © UN Climate Change – Diego Herculano)Used under License CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. By Rev. Joan Pell. Also published by United Methodist Insight and Texas Impact. You can read more about COP30 on the California-Nevada conference COP30 web pages Have you ever made the… Read more

  • A Critique of Wespath’s 2025 Sustainable Investment Report

    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… Read more

  • “Fossil Fuels”: The New “F” Word

    “Fossil Fuels”: The New “F” Word

    COP 30 Ends with No Roadmap for a Phaseout of Fossil Fuels by Sharon Delgado Also published by United Methodist Insight. These days, “fossil fuels” seems to be as unspeakable as the other “f” word used to be, at least in official documents addressing climate change. COP 30 ended not only without the roadmap to… Read more

  • “Celebrating the Death of Fossil Fuels” at COP30

    “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… Read more

  • Competing Worldviews at COP 30

    Competing Worldviews at COP 30

    As representatives of many nations and members of civil society from around the world prepare to gather for COP30 in Belém, the competing worldviews of various participants are clearly in view. Representatives of the United Methodist Church will be there, informed by our common faith. The Community of All Creation section of our United Methodist… Read more

  • Communities and Churches Destroyed by the January 2025 Wildfires

    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… Read more