U Penn signs Power Purchase Agreement to supply campus with solar energy by 2023
04/16/20 The Daily Pennsylvanian.
Penn recently signed a Power Purchase Agreement for the construction of two new solar energy facilities in central Pennsylvania to supply campus with renewable energy.
The two solar energy facilities will operate …
Op-Ed: Big Insurance Is Climate’s Quiet Killer
By Elana Sulakshana Tamara Toles O’Laughlin . Rolling Stone, April 20, 2020.
A coalition of climate justice organizations is targeting Liberty Mutual for underwriting fossil fuels.
Climate and social justice advocates have long worked to connect the dots between …
Controversy over Koch Foundation Funded Center at U Pitt
Koch Foundation gift sparks heated Faculty Assembly meeting.
By SUSAN JONES, University Tiimes, Dec. 5, 2019.
“The questions and concerns surrounding a $4.2 million gift from the Koch Foundation to start a new center at Pitt’s Graduate School of Public …
Money Is the Oxygen on Which the Fire of Global Warming Burns
Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, September 17, 2019.
What if the banking, asset-management, and insurance industries moved away from fossil fuels?
I’m skilled at eluding the fetal crouch of despair—because I’ve been working on climate change for thirty years, I’ve …
Next Steps on University of Pittsburgh Divestment Effort
Patrick Gallagher, Chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh, released a letter in September 2019 outlining the next steps he is asking the Office of the Senior Vice Chancellor and Chief Financial Officer to pursue. This is a follow-up to …
Big Money Starts to Dump Stocks That Pose Climate Risks
By Kelly Gilblom, Bloomberg, August 7, 2019.
After years of meetings and shareholder resolutions, some funds are starting to simply divest from coal and oil stocks.
Earlier this year, one of Meryam Omi’s deputies at Legal & General Investment Management…
Pittsburgh’s EQT one of 700 companies targeted for not reporting environmental information
CDP News Release, June 17 2019.
Group of 88 investors target over 700 companies for not reporting environmental information
June 17, 2019, London: 88 investors with nearly US$10 trillion assets are targeting companies that are not transparent enough about their …
Mayor Peduto Pushes To Rid City Pension Fund Of Fossil Fuels, Firearms Money
KDKA News, June 5, 2019.
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Mayor Bill Peduto wants money from fossil fuels and firearms to be kept out of the city’s pension funds.
Cities, states and universities across the country are considering similar plans to take …
Voters choose divestment, Peterson as executive VP
March 6, 2019, The Pitt News.
Anaïs Peterson won big in Tuesday’s runoff SGB election — and so did one of her major initiatives, as more than 2,000 students said Pitt should divest …
Disobedient art can win the fight against artwashing
Sept. 17, 2018. In this guest blog, Fossil Free Culture NL reflects on their campaign against Shell sponsorship.
Disobedient art can win the fight against artwashing! The proof is right here in black and white.
With the flurry of deal …