The year 2020 has caused many white people to realize we live in a racist system. The Green New Deal is about systemic change for all, and deconstructing racism must be front and central in this agenda.
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New York City Plans to Divest $5 Billion from Fossil Fuels and Sue Oil Companies
Mayor Bill de Blasio said "it’s up to the fossil fuel companies whose greed put us in this position to shoulder the cost of making New York safer and more resilient."
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Tackling Climate Change Means Stopping India on Coal
Phasing out coal for renewables desperately needs to happen in India, which currently emits around 25 percent of China's carbon emissions – but whose economy is growing 7% annually and in a few decades will be the size of China's.
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As New Pipelines Get Built, More People Are Standing In the Way
From lockdowns and physical protests to legal challenges and other creative tactics, citizens are stepping up to hold pipeline companies accountable for their actions, and for their lies.
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Catholic Church to Make Record Divestment From Fossil Fuels
More than 40 Catholic institutions will make the largest ever faith-based divestment, on the anniversary of the death of St Francis of Assisi.
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Seattle Just Divested Billions From Wells Fargo Over Dakota Access Pipeline
Minneapolis and others are ready to follow.
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Divestment Movement Grows to $5 Trillion in Assets
Nearly 690 institutions and 58,400 individuals representing at least $5 trillion in assets have now committed to purging their investments from fossil fuel companies, a new report said.
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The Economics of Climate Change, Part III: Crash or Transformation?
Moving society away from carbon dependence is not just about becoming good consumers, but engaged citizens.
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Fossil Fuel Divestment Soars in U.K. Universities
With 43 universities now participating, Britain leads the world in campus action to pull funds from oil, gas and coal companies due to climate change concerns.
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Berlin Becomes Latest City To Divest From Fossil Fuels
The new investment policy forces the city’s pension fund, worth $850 million, to divest from shares of European oil giants.
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The Road From Paris: How to Finance a Trillion-Dollar Climate Change Transition
Changing the way the world is powered means big spending – and huge investment opportunities – with energy finance models suggesting clean power investments need to rise by an additional 75 percent, to $12.1 trillion, in the next 25 years.
