Fossil Free Shropshire (FFS!)

We want the Shropshire County Pension Fund to divest from fossil fuels. If you live in Shropshire, visit our website to tell them to stop fuelling the fire.

[Fossil Free Shropshire (FFS!) @FossilFreeShrop]

Shropshire could have been a climate leader. Instead it chose to let it all burn 🌎🔥🛢️

https://t.co/7vAY0cpGxQ

@lezley4tern @NellinsIan @xrshrewsbury @ZeroCarbonShro1 @MidlandsXR @UKDivest @LudlowXr @UNISONShrops @shropsfire
@PlatformLondon @ShropClimate @telford_xr

[Robert Possnett 🌍 🍃💚🍃 @robertpossnett1]

Are you watching #ChrisPackham on #Channel4 Then Support Marcus in his fight against deportation.He gave his freedom for the lives of other https://t.co/QVaBlasVLn

[Shropshire Star @ShropshireStar]

Members of groups including Fossil Free Shropshire and Extinction Rebellion joined the protest outside Shirehall and HSBC.
https://t.co/MRW7fX0Z6P

[Fossil Free Shropshire (FFS!) @FossilFreeShrop]

NEW: @Vanguard_Group disclosed that it only supported 2% of ESG shareholder resolutions during the 2023 proxy season.

It’s time for Vanguard to put forward a public climate plan that safeguards our future.

[Coal Action Network @CoalActionUK]

BREAKING 🥳 4 @LloydsofLondon insurers have ruled out their support for the West Cumbria Mine #StopWCM

People across the UK are out on the streets today calling on @HSBC & other insurers to do the same.

This is just the beginning. Get involved 👉 https://t.co/wG4VE1AiEp

[Fossil Free Shropshire (FFS!) @FossilFreeShrop]

@UKDivest We're with you here in Shropshire. Protests outside the council pension fund meeting and our local HSBC branch 🌍🔥

[Fossil Free Shropshire (FFS!) @FossilFreeShrop]

@KeriTrigg_LDR @XRShrewsbury @CarolynHealy @JulianDean99 @rogerevans21 @lezley4tern @shrewsyounglab @NellinsIan @ShropshireStar @westmidlandsgp @UKDivest @MidlandsXR @TrackerCarbon @CarbonBubble @UNISONShrops With a vote of 3 against to 2 for, the motion for an AGM (in person, online or hybrid) fails. Apparently, the fund would rather not ask members how their pensions are invested. Seems clear the Tories are still ideologically opposed to divestment and will do anything to prevent it

[Fossil Free Shropshire (FFS!) @FossilFreeShrop]

@KeriTrigg_LDR @XRShrewsbury @CarolynHealy @JulianDean99 @rogerevans21 @lezley4tern @shrewsyounglab @NellinsIan @ShropshireStar @westmidlandsgp @UKDivest @MidlandsXR @TrackerCarbon @CarbonBubble @UNISONShrops Cllr Chris Schofield (Cons): "To hold an AGM would attract those with disruptive opinions". Guess he's the arbiter of which opinions are valid? He also says those who day the fund isn't divesting fast enough aren't of "sane mind" What a way to treat fund members.

[Fossil Free Shropshire (FFS!) @FossilFreeShrop]

@KeriTrigg_LDR @XRShrewsbury @CarolynHealy @JulianDean99 @rogerevans21 @lezley4tern @shrewsyounglab @NellinsIan @ShropshireStar @westmidlandsgp @UKDivest @MidlandsXR @TrackerCarbon @CarbonBubble Will Shropshire & Telford Councils stop investing their £2b pension pot in BP and Shell? Or are they truly dangerous radicals? We need a ballot of fund members NOW!

@JBuckleyLabour @DuncanKer @rogerevans21 @CllrShaunDavies @CarolynHealy @UKDivest @DRobertson_Star @MidlandsXR

[Keri Trigg @KeriTrigg_]

Members of @FossilFreeShrop and @XRShrewsbury gathered outside Shirehall ahead of this morning's pensions committee meeting to urge Shropshire's public sector pension fund to "heed warnings from the UN and from scientists to stop financing fossil fuels". #LDReporter

[Fossil Free Shropshire (FFS!) @FossilFreeShrop]

@KeriTrigg_LDR @XRShrewsbury Did you see the plaque?

[Fossil Free Shropshire (FFS!) @FossilFreeShrop]

Embarrassing to see Shropshire's £2b pension fund name-checked here. Anyone who thinks a civilisation-collapsing 4C rise will only impact pension funds by -0.1% needs to go back 2 school @CarolynHealy @rogerevans21 @KeriTrigg_LDR
@RobJTrigg @KevinClimate
https://t.co/jCL1OpAdRD

[Fossil Free Shropshire (FFS!) @FossilFreeShrop]

@SiOldridge @rogerevans21 @CarolynHealy 👀

[Fossil Free Shropshire (FFS!) @FossilFreeShrop]

@angus_young61 @Yorkshire_Party Question is, who runs the pension? In Shropshire our council voted to divest, but the six councillor pension committee refused. Guess who has the ultimate authority? Years on from a pro-divestment vote the county's £2b fund is still invested in Shell and BP. Good luck tomorrow🤞

[JACKIE1PLANET @JACKIE1PLANET]

I would💚@DioceseWrexham to divest from #fossilfuels. Too many people are suffering from the effects of human-induced #climatchange & we must do more to help. Wrexham Wrecsam #Wrecsam #Wrexham @NWalesSocial @XpeDora @SJ_WXM @stmaryswxm @CAFODNorthWales

[Fossil Free Shropshire (FFS!) @FossilFreeShrop]

Protesters from Shrewsbury, Ellesmere, and Wrexham called on the Diocese of #Shrewsbury to divest from fossil fuels and prevent further suffering around the globe from #ClimateBreakdown. It was part of a national day of action by @CClimateAction @xr_cymru

[Fossil Free Shropshire (FFS!) @FossilFreeShrop]

"The Church is not practising what it preaches if it turns a blind eye to this" 👏 Our friends at @CClimateAction were at #Shrewsbury Cathedral today calling on the diocese to stop investing ££ in fossil fuels @XRShrewsbury @bbcmtd
@MidlandsXR

https://t.co/g5oSK4elZa