This April, U.S. Bank has become the first major bank in the United States to formally exclude gas and oil pipelines from their project financing. This groundbreaking change to their Environmental Responsibility Policy was publicly announced at...Lees verder
Thousands of people participated in over 260 events in 45 countries to put pressure on institutions to break their financial ties with fossil fuel companies, during the Global Divestment Mobilisation which ran from 5th to 13th May....Lees verder
More than 150 New Yorkers convened at a public garden inside Trump Tower to host a teach-in about fossil fuel divestment and urge New York City to show climate leadership in the face of Trump’s attack on climate...Lees verder
According to reports in the Washington Post and elsewhere, momentum is growing within the Trump Administration to withdraw the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement. 350.org Executive Director May Boeve issued the following statement in response: “Withdrawing...Lees verder
Climate, labor, environmental and social justice advocates are teaming up this April Recess to turn up the heat on lawmakers over Trump’s executive orders and his proposed budget, all of which spell disaster for our...Lees verder
Today, Donald Trump is expected to issue an executive order challenging the Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards, which serve increase the energy efficiency and curb the emissions of automobiles in the US.
In response, 350.org Executive...Lees verder
In response to the EPA’s announcement that oil and gas companies will no longer be required to report how much methane their fracking wells and drill sites emit, 350.org Executive Director May Boeve gave the...Lees verder
Today, the Fossil Free network announces a Global Divestment Mobilisation from 5-13 May 2017. Thousands worldwide will take action to push cities, universities, churches, pension funds, museums and other institutions to break their financial ties...Lees verder
In response to the presidential inauguration of Donald Trump, 350.org Executive Director May Boeve issued the following statement: “The hundreds of thousands of people expected to take to the streets around the inauguration are not just...Lees verder
Today, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee will hold a confirmation hearing for Trump’s EPA Administrator pick: Oklahoma Attorney General and climate change denier Scott Pruitt. The hearing follows concerns raised by the committee...Lees verder
In response to the World Meteorological Organization confirming that 2016 has been the hottest year on record, 350.org Europe Team Leader Nicolò Wojewoda issued the following statement: “Climate change is striking harder and faster than many...Lees verder
People across the country today joined a coalition of climate and environmental organizations at rallies for the #DayAgainstDenial to stop President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet. More than 70 rallies and office visits took place at U.S....Lees verder
If President-elect Trump withdraws from the Paris Climate Agreement it will cause “unprecedented damage,” according to the international climate campaign 350.org. Few Presidents, if any, have ever proposed a course of action that would result in...Lees verder
Following the third and final presidential debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton held at the University of Nevada, 350 Action Executive Director May Boeve issued the following statement: “What is there to say? We just...Lees verder
As UNESCO made public the report recommending “the Rampal power plant project is cancelled and relocated to a more suitable location where it would not impact negatively on the Sundarbans”, Payal Parekh, 350.org Programme Director,...Lees verder
On the expected announcement by US President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping officially joining last year’s Paris agreement, May Boeve Executive Director of 350.org issued the following statement: “The Paris Agreement could be the...Lees verder
Last week saw two more Brazilian cities prohibit fracking, reaching a total number of 72 since the launch of the No Fracking Brazil campaign in 2013.
Fracking is a method for fossil fuel extraction which is...Lees verder
Last Friday, the counsel of 350.org and Greenpeace USA sent a letter to Representative Lamar Smith (R-TX), Chairman of the House Science Committee, after he rejected the groups’ request to include Minority members in conversations...Lees verder
On August 13 the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) voted to work towards the goal of discontinuing any investment by the church in fossil fuel companies, and to commit to investing in corporations that...Lees verder
On June 24, Canadian oil company TransCanada filed a lawsuit against the United States under NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement, in response to the Obama Administration’s rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline last...Lees verder