University divestment from fossil fuels taking off: municipalities are next
At least two hundred and thirty US universities have student organizations devoted to convincing their administrations to divest from fossil fuels.read more
View ArticleArctic madness
Are we so blinded by our fossil fuel addiction that no-one can see that getting excited about a melting Arctic because you can mine it is suicidal?read more
View ArticleDivestment may protect from 40-60% overvaluation of fossil fuel stock
Kitsilano Pool underwater: a growing number of cities want to divest from their own destructionread more
View ArticleHow green is "greenest city's" pension plan? City of Vancouver staff...
City pension fund invested in companies including Enbridge, KinderMorgan, Transcanada, China Coal Energy and Arch Coal, as well as tobacco and armament corporations.read more
View ArticlePower Shift BC puts youth in the driver's seat
How does a dynamic, youth-driven movement achieve successes that have eluded Big Green for decades? read more
View ArticleUBC economics prof: I am voting yes to divest fossil fuels
This Sunday will be the last day of a two-week UBC professor vote, that if passed, would urge the university leadership to divest the university's fossil fuel stocks from its $1.1-billion...
View ArticleUBC profs vote 62 per cent in favour of fossil fuel divestment
“Students have spoken. Faculty have spoken. It's time for UBC to act,” said forestry professor George Hoberg.read more
View ArticleCanadian pension trustees and climate risk: if they only had a strategy?
In this list of global investment gorillas, the pension fund industry should be the most active in addressing climate change risks and opportunities.read more
View ArticleOpinion: Clark selling out future generations to placate Malaysian oil and...
Christy Clark’s about to drive another nail into the coffin of B.C.’s economic and environmental future. It’s such an unusual move for the B.C. legislature that so far it isn’t even listed on...
View ArticleUBC finance committee says no to selling off fossil fuel holdings
VANCOUVER — The University of British Columbia's finance committee has voted against selling off the school's fossil fuel holdings, saying it would go against their fiduciary duty. The finance...read more
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