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Divestment Campaign Launched for New York State and Local Retirement Fund
This campaign is targeting approximately 150 billion dollars of New York state funds held and administered by the New York State Comptroller. A large amount of the retirement fund is invested in fossil fuels.
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How to Invest in Energy Efficiency to Combat Climate Change
Energy efficiency is estimated to be a multi-hundred-billion dollar investment opportunity in the U.S., but better policies are required to unlock broad-based financing from institutional investors, who together manage approximately $70 trillion in ass…
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Wake Up World Leaders: Expedite Renewable Energy, End Global Fossil Fuel Subsidies
The global temperature is rising. Freak weather events are multiplying. Climate change is happening. And yet governments are giving $6 to polluting fossil fuels for every $1 that goes to clean renewables.
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Video: Students Connect4Climate
Connect4Climate The University of Maryland (UMD) Students Connect4Climate is an ongoing connection project between UMD students and The World Bank on climate change. The event took place at the World Bank Headquarters at Washington DC, and Dr. Leszek Sibilski, the professor of the university’s contemporary social problems class took several students to the event to…
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An Open Letter on Politically-Motivated IRS Audits
Greenpeace opposes the use of federal power, in whatever form, to skew the forum of public debate. Greenpeace is devoted to the notion of government of, for and by the people. While we have serious philosophical differences …