MassDivest

MA teachers, public employees and retirees for divestment of the pension fund from fossil fuels. #divestma Petition:

[MassDivest @massdivest]

https://t.co/DVWvtKvvFX

[Bill McKibben @billmckibben]

63-year-old grandfather and professional cellist John Mark Rozendaal was arrested outside Citibank HQ in NY today. His crime was performing J.S Bach’s “Suites for Cello” in an effort to convince Citi to stop funding the climate crisis. #SummerofHeat

[MassDivest @massdivest]

https://t.co/bTOcsHXLJU

[Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran]

Drone display in front of the United Nations in New York ahead of the March to #EndFossilFuels and #UNGA.

[Oil Change International @PriceofOil]

This week by the numbers:

600,000 people.
700 actions.
65 countries.
All 7 continents.

THIS. IS. INCREDIBLE.

But numbers don't do it justice. This is a big, beautiful climate movement & we're calling on world leaders to #EndFossilFuels NOW. No more talk, we need action!

[MassDivest @massdivest]

Montana climate change lawsuit gives hope to Mass. advocates https://t.co/cqxwIwcK8G

[MassDivest @massdivest]

@MassGovernor Please sign the climate bill, H.5060! Don't lose this opportunity to accomplish significant climate action. Thanks!

[Inside Climate News @insideclimate]

Reducing carbon dioxide alone isn’t enough to meet the 2 degree Celsius warming target under the Paris Agreement, a new study warns. Governments must also cut emissions of “short-lived climate pollutants,” like methane and hydrofluorocarbons.

https://t.co/k4cgnUtPGC

[Inside Climate News @insideclimate]

More research has shown that the Amazon rainforest is moving toward a threshold where it will become a new ecosystem, releasing billions of tons of carbon dioxide in the process.

https://t.co/yEOoWI9Qev

[Inside Climate News @insideclimate]

Caroline Dennett is walking away from Shell after working 11 years as a safety consultant for the company, which she accused of “double talk on climate.” It’s the latest incident to cast doubt on the sincerity of recent “net zero” pledges from Big Oil.

https://t.co/BuyI1jVB9g

[OurRevolutionMA @OurRevolutionMA]

Led by our Climate Crisis Working Group, ORMA is encouraging members and allies to Sign4DivestingMA to put the future of fossil fuels on the Ballot in November.
The petition is now available to download and sign at https://t.co/TnTCDbX22r !

[Extinction Rebellion Global @ExtinctionR]

Restricting protest, however, is a global trend by govts who seek to silence, punish, and isolate activists who fight to raise public awareness of issues hidden by captured media orgs.

https://t.co/2pgLNLasSk

[Extinction Rebellion Global @ExtinctionR]

This is catastrophic for literally hundreds of millions of people.

[Inside Climate News @insideclimate]

“We have never taken this step before.” Officials delay the common practice of releasing water from Lake Powell to Lake Mead, the nation’s two largest reservoirs that continue to see record-low water levels in the face of climate-driven drought.

https://t.co/hmU5X0uPuZ

[Inside Climate News @insideclimate]

A group called Affordable Clean Energy for All is running ads critical of California’s rooftop solar incentives, claiming to be a grassroots movement for low-income people. Except the group is actually part of a utility-funded public relations campaign.

https://t.co/p8Fn49HAtw

[Aryt Alasti @AAlasti]

New research exposes ‘deep entanglement’ between pension boards [in Canada] and fossil fuel companies - https://t.co/e0ORW2T9Su #FossilFuelConflictsOfInterest #Divestment #Divest

[MassDivest @massdivest]

@CAN_mass @MassPRIM @MassTreasury @SethGitell @350MassAct

[FossilFree5 @FossilFree5]

BREAKING: Student divestment campaigns at Yale, Vanderbilt, Princeton, MIT, and Stanford file legal complaints with state Attorneys General, claiming that investing in fossil fuels violates the UPMIFA. Read more @washingtonpost.

https://t.co/rQyphGIigM

[Carbon Tracker @CarbonBubble]

Peabody Energy, the world’s biggest private sector #coal producer, posted its highest quarterly profit in at least two decades as it rode a wave of surging coal demand despite global efforts to shift away from the dirtiest #FossilFuel 🏭 https://t.co/0xhtpMoXQM

[Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative @fossiltreaty]

🏙️🇳🇱 @AmsterdamNL joins the #FossilFuelTreaty!

As one of Europe's largest energy ports, the Dutch capital’s support for a global initiative to phase out #FossilFuels is one of the most significant endorsements of the Treaty campaign to date 💪🏽

➡️https://t.co/RUXWJS7LVl

[Sierra Club @SierraClub]

The grid operator for New England, @ISONewEngland, voted last week to delay fixing a rule that makes it harder for renewable energy projects to replace unneeded fossil fuel power plants on the grid. New England Governors must act to fix this disappointing decision.