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Next Step for UMC Net Zero Agencies: Divest from Fossil Fuels
By Sharon Delgado “Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” (Matthew 6:21). In the above passage, Jesus tells us to value spiritual treasures above our material treasures. This passage also reminds us that how we use or invest our material treasures expresses our spiritual values, for “where your treasure is, there your…
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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…
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“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…
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“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…
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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…
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Follow the Mission, Not the Money Managers
Follow the Money, Not the Money Managers by Mark Davies The transformation of the world does not mean the destruction of the world or the destruction of a livable cimate for all life on earth. The United Methodist Church should not be investing and profiting from the fossil fuel companies that have created and are…
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Moral Clarity for a Fossil Free UMC
Reprinted from Mark Davies’ Moral Clarity for a Fossil Free UMC – One World House – Mark Davies Living in Oklahoma most of my life, I have had a front row seat to watch how fossil fuel companies work their influence to protect their interests and expand their profits regardless of the impact on our…
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California Nevada and California-Pacific Annual Conferences Join Pacific Northwest and Desert Southwest in Divesting from Fossil Fuels
After the passage of the fossil fuel divestment resolution, the Cal-Nevada Creation Justice Task Force and Summit Planning Team gather to celebrate. Photo by restaurant staff, used with permission. By Sharon Delgado This article presents an overview of 2025 fossil fuel divestment resolutions passed by annual conferences in the Western Jurisdiction. It describes how they…
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