Name and Shame
We are continuing our series on the 7 Aspects of Divestment from Fossil Fuels, a powerful tool to combat global warming. Name and Shame The Carbon Underground 200 is a list of the 200 worst offenders – the top 100 public…
Move Your Money
Bank of America, Citigroup, and JP Morgan Chase rank as the top-three financiers of mountaintop-removal coal mining and coal-fired power plants in the US, according to a report by the Sierra Club, Rainforest Action Network, and BankTrack. If your…
What is Divestment from fossil fuels?
Divestment is the opposite of investment: you can think of it like “uninvesting.” To divest from fossil fuels means to sell all the oil and gas company stocks in your investment portfolio (or your university’s portfolio, or your faith community’s…
Divest and Reinvest
What is “divestment”? You can think of it like “un-investment.” Or more significantly, investing your money in something else. In this case, we’re talking about divestment from fossil fuels. Coupled with reinvestment in clean energy and post-carbon infrastructure.