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AFL-CIO Industrial Union Council Arch Coal Carbon Utilization
AFL-CIO Industrial Union Council Arch Coal Carbon Utilization

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... “There’s a real appetite among our clients to invest in companies that are innovating to address climate change,” said Dr. Julie Gorte, Senior Vice President for Sustainable Investing at Pax World Management Corp., a sustainable and responsible asset management firm that serves individuals, finan ...
The Facts about Fossil Fuel Divestment
The Facts about Fossil Fuel Divestment

... Long­term investments in the fossil fuel industry will likely prove to be bad investments. It carries very low  risk to the portfolio and hedges against the foreseeable decline in the fossil fuel industry known as the  “carbon bubble.” If more than 80% of fossil fuel reserves cannot be extracted and ...
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Climate Change as an Investment Criterion
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2014 02 - 24 AA.pdf
2014 02 - 24 AA.pdf

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... in the Social Principles and the Book of Resolutions, and exclude investing in companies that violate church values; and WHEREAS the Social Principles state that climate change will bring “severe environmental, economic, and social implications,” which will “disproportionately affect individuals and ...
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Natural History Museum

... businesses are incompatible with a livable planet. An investment in fossil fuels is a bet against a safe climate. We know the world can move in a new direction. Divestment from fossil fuels is a powerful way to be part of the solution. Divestment creates space for governments to take bolder climate ...
Motion Regarding McGill Divestment from Tar Sands, Oil
Motion Regarding McGill Divestment from Tar Sands, Oil

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... Pensions stop buying directly held fossil fuel stocks, while selling what they currently have within 3 years. It directs the denomination to invest in renewables, helping to create the solution. It allows for keeping a “seat at the table”, so we can participate in shareholder action. It also encoura ...
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... the pension funds of their members and colleagues contribute to the ‘damaging effects of climate change on people’s health and wellbeing.’ Discussing the motion, UNISON steward and charge nurse Stuart Tuckwood stated; ‘I’m delighted our branch has joined others such as UNISON City of Edinburgh Branc ...
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... companies in the fossil fuel industries can no longer project future earnings based on booked reserves, which if externalities are priced will never be used. Such a rationale forms the basis of the growing divestment movement on college campuses, where students, spurred in part by an article publish ...
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... expressed from our Statement to the Nation to For the Sake of the Planet and all its People and An Economy of Life; the continued reluctance by governments around the world to take action sufficient to keep climate change within the internationally agreed limit of two degrees or less; that the amoun ...
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... b. The withdrawal of investment in assets from companies that extract fossil fuels from the Earth c. A machine used find oil and natural gas underneath the Earth’s surface d. A way to buy stocks and bonds in fossil fuel companies 5. The cost of solar energy is a. Equal to or cheaper b. Much higher c ...
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Fossil fuel divestment

Fossil fuel divestment is the removal of investment assets including stocks, bonds, and investment funds from companies involved in extracting fossil fuels, in an attempt to reduce climate change. Several groups advocate fossil fuel divestment, which in 2015 was reportedly the fastest growing divestment movement in history. By September 2014, 181 institutions and 656 individuals had committed to divest over $50 billion.
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