Tag: creationjustice

  • Why Working with Fossil Fuel Companies Will Not Work

    Why Working with Fossil Fuel Companies Will Not Work

    There is a very simple reason why working with fossil fuel companies for climate justice will not work, and it is this… wait for it… they are fossil fuel companies. They exist to make money from selling fossil fuels. Their profits are dependent on our continuing to use a multi-trillion dollar fossil fuel infrastructure that

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  • General Conference 2024 Should Move UMC To Be Fossil Free

    General Conference 2024 Should Move UMC To Be Fossil Free

    United Methodist Insight: https://um-insight.net/in-the-church/umc-future/general-conference-2024-should-move-umc-to-be-fossil-free/ The 2024 General Conference of the United Methodist Church will once again be considering legislation to divest from fossil fuels, and I am in full support of the divestment effort. I know that Wespath, the organization that manages United Methodist investments, is against fossil fuel divestment. They believe we need a

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  • Walking Our Talk about Climate Change

    Walking Our Talk about Climate Change

    Fossil Free UMC is a movement to urge United Methodist boards, agencies, annual conferences, churches, and individuals to divest from fossil fuels, the primary driver of global heating. This movement is a call to us as United Methodists to walk our talk about climate change.    The United Methodist Church has long spoken out against

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