Team 1: Divest from Fossil Fuels
CleanEarth4Kids.org Youth Board Members Leana & Darin Ask the City of Encinitas Environmental Commission to Divest from Fossil Fuels
Please Support Bills To Divest from Fossil Fuels
California SB 252: Requires CalPERS (California Public Employees’ Retirement System) and CalSTRS (California State Teachers’ Retirement System) to divest a combined $14.8 billion from fossil fuels. CalPERS and CalSTRS are the largest public pension funds in the US.
Click here for our letter of support
Illinois HB 3037: Requires state pension systems to completely divest from all fossil fuel investments.
New Jersey A1733 & S416: Requires state pensions to divest from the 200 largest fossil fuel companies
“The biggest subsidisers of fossil fuels were China, the US, Russia, the EU and India.”
Looking at 8 of the biggest oil and gas companies (Shell, BP, ExxonMobil, Chevron, Equinor, Occidental, TotalEnergies, ConocoPhillips)…
“Every company is calculating emissions reductions using a reporting process which is known to underestimate methane emissions by as much as 100%.”
“Every company is falling short of achieving the goals they have set.”
Please click here for Dr. Nan Greer‘s 2021 forensic report on Chevron’s Global crimes
Multiple Threats to Child Health from Fossil Fuel Combustion: Impacts of Air Pollution and Climate Change
“…developing children, and especially poor children, now bear a disproportionate burden of disease from both environmental pollution and climate change due to fossil fuel combustion.”
JPMorgan Chase, Citi, Wells Fargo, and Bank of America are ranked as the top-four worst banks in the world for the climate, due to their financing of fossil fuels.
“47% of natural gas and 99%of coal is priced at less than half its true cost.”
“U.S. taxpayers spend tens of billions of dollars a year subsidizing new fossil fuel exploration, production, and consumption, which directly affects how much oil, natural gas, and coal gets produced—and how much clean energy doesn’t.”
Rockefeller Brothers Fund: It is our moral duty to divest from fossil fuels
Harvard, UC system, Georgetown, Chico State, Ireland, Cities of San Diego, Los Angeles and New York have divested…Click here for list of Universities, Cities and Countries that have Divested
Divestment Action You Can Take
Ask Your School, City, County and Country to Divest!
Example: City of Encinitas Resolution to Support Divestment from Fossil Fuels
Divest Resources
The Financial Case for Fossil Fuel Divestment by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA.org)
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