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
“The problem goes beyond funding university research centers and academic posts. Fossil fuel industry executives sit on schools’ governing boards, sponsor scholarships and conferences, and seek to influence courses and curricula.”
“Since 2003, the researchers found, the six schools have together accepted over $100m in fossil fuel industry-tied funding, defined as money from fossil fuel companies or their charitable arms. Millions more in funding are coming from firms that “enable” the fossil fuel industry, the students said, such as banks that fund oil expansion or groups that have spread climate disinformation.”
“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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