Fossil Fuel Divestment Reaches $2.6 Trillion
In just three years, investing in fossil fuel companies is starting to be viewed as a poor choice.
In just three years, investing in fossil fuel companies is starting to be viewed as a poor choice.
After all the protests, there isn't enough oil to make it worth it, says Shell.
Inexpensive geothermal and wind are taking the place of coal.
This and other key changes to US laws led to the widespread, largely unregulated fracking industry we live with today.
The list of religious institutions that are divesting is growing longer.
Read their 10 Reasons for a Moratorium.
The move could be the final signal other big pension funds need to follow.
The tide has turned against tar sands pipelines in Canada, but a spiderweb network is growing in the US, leading to a major protest this weekend in St. Paul, Minnesota.
After leasing public land that holds 2.2 billion tons of coal, the government plans to quintriple that.
Maryland had a veto-proof majority for the fracking moratorium, while NY State issued a 2000-page report on why it banned fracking permanently.