Just and Free. Fossil Free UMC.

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

We have a lot to celebrate from General Conference this year with huge steps forward to address climate justice, environmental urgency and netzero. We are breaking through! Fossil Free UMC has a renewed mandate, next steps, and new partners for faithful and revitalizing climate action in the United Methodist Church. There was good to be
Charlotte, North Carolina—It came down to the wire, in the last moments of General Conference. With members of the body crying out to be heard! But in the end, the legislation that Fossil Free UMC hoped would receive a hearing and vote was instead referred, and so deferred. This missed opportunity for divesting from fossil