Fossil Free Cambs

Join us! Asking the Cambridge City & Cambridgeshire County Councils to divest from Fossil Fuel corporations. Reinvest in the community & climate solutions.

[Fossil Free Cambs @FossilFreeCam]

Call on #Cambridgeshire Pension Fund and @CambsCC to #divest from #FossilFuels and secure our future. Please Sign! https://t.co/2yJMWAQl91

[Fossil Free Cambs @FossilFreeCam]

Wouldn’t want to be invested in fossil fuels right now! @cambscc Any chance the pension fund will divest now there is new leadership of the council? Surely best to get rid of these risky assets asap.

[Prof Michael E. Mann @MichaelEMann]

#tippingpoint
https://t.co/XXmJTE0M59
https://t.co/l4POaDQRHQ

[OxfordClimateJustice @OxUniFossilFree]

REVEALED: NEW REPORT SHOWS OXFORD RECEIVED £12 MILLION FROM THE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY SINCE 2015🤯🤯🤯

READ our report: https://t.co/GeyZUp7SEJ
SIGN our petition: https://t.co/AizrIIPMAc

This report shows Oxford’s extensive institutional ties to the fossil fuel industry.[1/8]

[Fossil Free Cambs @FossilFreeCam]

Just putting this out there. As far as we know Cambs CC led pension fund is still investing in fossil fuels. Hope this doesn’t come back to bite them and all the local pension members. Divestment could help remove risky investments from the fund.

[James Murray @James_BG]

Kapoor recalls a conversation at Paris Summit where he floated the idea of hedge funds shorting fossil fuel companies. Now he knows of at least five funds doing exactly that.

[Fossil Free Cambs @FossilFreeCam]

Dear @CambsCC Any plans to divest Cambridgeshire Pension Fund?

[Mark Campanale @CampanaleMark]

"Fossil Fuels Aren’t Even a Very Good Investment." O&G producers lost $400 billion in market value over the last 4 years. Exxon's stock, once world’s most valuable public company, dropped to 9-year lows. And Goldman's recommended that investors cash out. https://t.co/WObH61beNm

[Mark Campanale @CampanaleMark]

Pressure is now on, as Caroline Lucas MP makes clear. I recently presented to the Parliamentary Pension Fund; the trustees are asking the right questions and thinking hard about the issues of climate related investment risk, decarbonisation and whether to divest fossil fuels.

[Fossil Free Cambs @FossilFreeCam]

Hope @CambsCC controlled Cambs Pension Fund aren’t using investment advisors who rely on IEA forecasts? They keep getting things very wrong.

[Simon Evans @DrSimEvans]

Yet again, the IEA World Energy Outlook has revised its solar capacity growth figures upwards.

As ever, it mainly puts this down to improved policy conditions rather than overestimated costs.

https://t.co/gIvAdaVpeM

[Fossil Free Cambs @FossilFreeCam]

Any doctors or med students on our list? You might like to sign this letter calling on MDU and MPS to divest. Also if you know any medics please do share with them. https://t.co/3tTSlyKStM

[Fossil Free Cambs @FossilFreeCam]

Great news that RSC stopping its sponsorship deal with BP. Divestment campaigning works. Thank you to all who campaigned for this.

[The RSC @TheRSC]

Today we announce that we will be concluding our partnership with BP at the end of 2019.

For full details please read our statement at: https://t.co/qIem6ULzQP

[Fossil Free Cambs @FossilFreeCam]

@UNISONCambCity @SouthCambs @CambsCC @camcitco Can you clarity what you mean and where @UNISONCambCity stand on divestment? Useful for district councils and unison branches to support even if pension fund decision making sits with pension fund committee, especially given have UNISON reps on this.

[Fossil Free Cambs @FossilFreeCam]

Great that you are supporting this. Would help if @UNISONCambCity could pass a motion supporting fossil fuel divestment which called on @SouthCambs to announce their support and @CambsCC run Cambs pension fund to divest. (@camcitco supported back in 2015).

[UNISON CambCity &Sth @UNISONCambCity]

Join the Global Strike for the climate today #unisongreenweek join us from 10.45 at the Guildhall to take part in the rally at 11am at Kings Parade- set your phone to sound the National Alarm at 11am

[Fossil Free Cambs @FossilFreeCam]

Important we don’t delay the transition off fossil fuels. If you’re a Cambridge resident or visitor please consider responding to this consultation in which they are considering delaying the implementation date of zero/very low emission taxis.

[James Holloway @gonzohistory]

Cambridge friends: if you have a moment, it would be great if you could respond to the City Council's consultation on requiring taxi firms to transition to low-emissions vehicles.

https://t.co/F755Y7D2r3

[Fossil Free Cambs @FossilFreeCam]

Another university divesting. Wonder when @Cambridge_Uni will be joining this list? Hopefully not too long.

[People & Planet @peopleandplanet]

🥳Another day, another #divestment!🥳@LivUni becomes the latest university in the UK to go #fossilfree , following an inspiring campaign by students ✊✊✊

[Fossil Free Cambs @FossilFreeCam]

@LisaForbes_ It would be great if you could support #divestparliament and call on your pension fund to divest from fossil fuels. @jeremycorbyn and and many other Labour MPs including @DanielZeichner have already. We’d be happy to promote this if you did too.

[Fossil Free Cambs @FossilFreeCam]

@peterboroughcc Are we right in thinking you declared a climate emergency recently? That’s great news. Will you now support fossil fuel divestment and join our call for Cambridgeshire Pension Fund to divest? It is an emergency after all!

[Fossil Free Cambs @FossilFreeCam]

@rodcantrill @IanSollom @DanielZeichner @CambridgeLabour @SCambsLabour .@heidiallen75 has also supported divestment but don’t know what she’s doing at next election yet. @SouthCambsCons Any ideas of Anthony Browne’s views on fossil fuel divestment yet?

[Fossil Free Cambs @FossilFreeCam]

We think we’re right in saying all current Lib Dem MPs support fossil fuel divestment in Westminster. Have future local Lib Dems candidates made their position on divestment clear yet? @rodcantrill @IanSollom We’d like to make this clear to voters if a general election is called.

[Fossil Free Cambs @FossilFreeCam]

@rodcantrill @IanSollom Not sure who the Cambridge and South Cambs Labour candidates will be but can say that @DanielZeichner supports divestment. Hopefully @CambridgeLabour and @SCambsLabour will let us know once candidates confirmed so we can ask where they stand if not already known.

[Fossil Free Cambs @FossilFreeCam]

If any Conservatives @CambsCC @EastCambs @huntsdc @FenlandCouncil want to explain to us why they are taking the risky approach of holding onto fossil fuel investments in the time of climate change rather than the conservative one of divestment that would be great.

[Fossil Free Cambs @FossilFreeCam]

This week @nationaltrust and @RCollEM have both supported fossil fuel divestment, like many before them. It’s time @CambsCC run Cambridgeshire Pension Fund did the same. Would be good to have support of districts too @SouthCambs @EastCambs @huntsdc @FenlandCouncil.