Its 2015. And fossil fuels are history.
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- Published on Wednesday, 14 January 2015 13:44
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Hi friends,
Let’s make 2015 the year the world vows to leave fossil fuels in the ground for good.
Institutions and individuals have already divested $50 billion from the fossil fuel industry. This week in the Philippines, Pope Francis is facing intense pressure to divest the Vatican from fossil fuels too, and in the U.S., President Obama is poised to make a final decision on the Keystone XL pipeline amid nationwide protests. Meanwhile, the conversation around the future of fossil fuels is changing dramatically -- just last week, a new study confirmed that around 80% of fossil fuels do indeed need to stay underground.
It’s clear that fossil fuels are history, and for the first time in years global climate action feels within reach. Will you help us make 2015 a real turning point?
The fossil fuel industry is both fueling the climate crisis and blocking serious action. On Global Divestment Day, we will call on our institutions -- our schools, our governments, and our places of worship -- to divest from destruction. Each act of divestment takes back power from fossil fuel companies and helps create a mandate for our leaders to take real action.
It’s going to be beautiful, powerful, and not a moment too soon. Take a look:
This February, thousands of people will come together to divest from yesterday's dirty energy economy and push our institutions to do the same. Working together, from Paris to the Pacific Islands and from New York to New Zealand, we will spell out the obvious: Fossil fuels are history. Renewable energy is our future.
Can you help this message go big by joining or organizing a Global Divestment Day event? Click here to watch the video and get involved.
Organizing a rally, vigil, flash mob, banner drop, sit-in, or other creative action in your community? We’ll help you get started with an action toolkit and support. Just want to be part of the movement? Now is the time to dive in.
Next December, negotiators from around the world will gather in Paris for what many believe is our last best chance at reaching a meaningful global climate agreement. What we do between now and then will set the stage for those negotiations.
Right now is the time to show our leaders that we expect them to rise to the occasion -- and that the people are rising too.
See you on the streets in February,
Cat, Katie, Jay and the whole 350 team
P.S. If you want yet another example of how powerful we can be when we organize, just look to the 150+ rallies yesterday that were organized in all 50 U.S. states in under 72 hours to tell President Obama to reject Keystone XL. We can do amazing things together -- take a look.
REFERENCES:
1. Pipeline Opponents Celebrate Obama’s KXL Veto Pledge & Urge Rejection, January 9th, 2015
2. Pope Francis urged to divest Vatican from fossil fuels, January 14th, 2015
3. Leave fossil fuels buried to prevent climate change, study urges, January 7th, 2015
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