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… the Keystone XL transnational pipeline and introducing a resolution in 2013 for the UCC to divest its finances from fossil fuels. (Antal is a member of EarthBeat's advisory panel .) Antal … to form creation justice task forces, partner with local environmental coalitions, divest endowments from fossil fuel stocks and join actions against new fossil fuel projects. He …

… and banks involved in the production of nuclear weapons and, if so, to "look for ways to divest." In all, more than 130 Catholic leaders signed the statement. Prelates included Cardinal …

… University has become the fourth U.S. Catholic university to publicly announce a plan to divest from all fossil fuel investments . Writing for the Global Sisters Report, Maria Magdalena …

… achieving carbon neutrality, defending all life, using less plastic and eating less meat, and divesting from fossil fuels while reinvesting in renewable energy. Since the action platform was …

… after students on the Jesuit campus in Omaha, Nebraska, began pressuring school leadership to divest from companies involved in the extraction and refining of coal, oil and natural gas … 31. He added that the school's investment advisers have assured Creighton that fossil fuel divestment "can be accomplished without a negative impact on the strength and overall performance … are well placed to encourage politicians to act on climate change. Creighton said that as it divests it will continue to vote in support of shareholder resolutions aimed at reducing carbon …

… look at that more systematically. Our recent story about efforts to pressure Boston College to divest from fossil fuel investments is one example. And while our coverage of universities and other groups divesting from fossil fuels always draws a lot of attention, a few of you pointed out that … on COVID-19, environmental justice, and religious groups' choices about investments and divestment from fossil fuels. Looking back at 2020, Dennis Sadowski at Catholic News Service …

… public policy arm of the state's Catholic bishops. In line with Francis' call for fossil fuel divestment, dozens of Catholic and faith-based entities announced plans to do so in two separate … shows that since 2016 nearly 400 religious organizations worldwide have said they will divest. High temperatures and long-term drought in parts of Australia, Siberia and the western …

… These are all examples of environmental injustice. … 2. … How the University of Dayton divested from fossil fuels — and what happened to its bottom line … In June 2014, the University … academic institution, much less a Catholic college. Now the university has been completely divested from fossil fuels for more than three years. … 3. … A sermon on COVID-19 and climate …

… a complaint with the Massachusetts attorney general in an effort to pressure the university to divest its endowment fund of fossil fuel stocks. … Elsewhere in climate news this week: … Not …

… campaign led by students to press the Boston College administration and board of trustees to divest its $2.6 billion endowment of fossil fuel stocks. While no current students or faculty … in Massachusetts law." He restated the school's long-held position that it "is opposed to divestment from fossil fuel companies on the grounds that it is not an effective means of …

… its lending standards concerning environmental and social responsibilities. To its credit, PNC divested from mountaintop removal coal mining in 2015, and ended investments in private prisons … group is, as far as organizers know, the only campaign in the United States focused on divestment of nuclear weapons by financial institutions. The Pittsburgh Stop Banking the Bomb …