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Climate Justice and COP29
“We confess that the negative impacts resulting from the degradation of the natural world have fallen disproportionately on marginalized communities, including indigenous tribes, religious and ethnic communities, people living in poverty, and other vulnerable groups. We, therefore, pledge to resist all forms of environmental exploitation, neglect, and inequality…We oppose policies and practices that relegate marginalized…
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Fossil Fuel Divestment as Climate Change Strategy
A Cobb and Friends Presentatiowith Sharon Delgado YouTube recording of Fossil Fuel Divestment as Climate Change Strategy, October 15, 2024. United Methodist preacher, author, and long-time climate justice activist Sharon Delgado proclaims God’s tangible presence in and through creation and the glory of a sacramental universe, but she contends that we face a reckoning as…
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COP 29: A Perilous Moment of Choice
Image by Laurie Bayen See the sign-on letter to world leaders below In 1992 I was part of the United Methodist delegation to Rio de Janeiro during the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, where George HW Bush signed the Framework Convention on Climate Change, the foundational climate treaty. At that conference, the nations…
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It’s Time to Phase Out Fossil Fuels!
It’s time to phase out fossil fuels! In this decade. Not just from our investments. I mean it’s time for us to start significantly reducing and phasing out fossil fuels now. I know this sounds almost impossible, but this is the what science is telling us. Consider the recently released 2024 State of the Climate…
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Vote Climate and Divest from Fossil Fuels
As published in United Methodist Insight. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Ephesians 6:12 (NIV) During this election season, those of us who continue to work toward fossil fuel…
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Fossil Fuels and Climate: Counting the Cost
Fossil Fuels and Climate: Counting the Cost “For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not first sit down and estimate the cost, to see whether he has enough to complete it?” Luke 14:28 When Jesus spoke these words, he was using the scenario of building a tower to illustrate the cost of…
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Cal-Nevada to Host Summit on Fossil Fuel Divestment
“Investing in new fossil fuel infrastructure is moral and economic madness. Such investments will soon be stranded assets — a blot on the landscape and a blight on investment portfolios.” UN Secretary-General, António Guterres California-Nevada passed a recommendation submitted by the Climate Justice Ministries Task Force at the June Annual Conference Session to identify and…
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5 Reasons for Annual Conferences to Divest from Fossil Fuels
Fossil Free UMC is building on momentum achieved at General Conference! As we stride into a clean, sustainable, and faithful future, the next step is to extend this movement by urging individual United Methodists and our local churches, agencies, and annual conferences to divest from fossil fuels. Already, Wespath has announced more divestment options for…
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