Nearby Petitions

Cities & States

• Divest Benton County from Fossil Fuels

  For the last century we've been burning fossil fuels at a much faster rate than the planet produced them. Now that the easy half is gone, the remaining sources will be more difficult to extract and much messier. In the name of quick profits, big petroleum corporations have driven us into a serious pollution problem. Maybe we should remember how to live more like humans have historically lived and leave whatever fossil fuels remain for our great-grandchildren. The corporations won't back off until we insist.

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  Created by Vernon Huffman
• Divest Loudoun County From Fossil Fuels

  The fossil fuel industry spends investments on research to extract more fossil fuels, when they really need to stay in the ground if we are going to avoid catastrophic climate change. In addition, they spend lots of that money on influencing politicians to support their subsidies and priorities. It's time to stop giving them our tax dollars to support their dirty work. Finally, it is an important risk management strategy to get our county's investments out of the carbon bubble.

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  Created by Andrea McGimsey
• Divest Northwich from Fossil Fuels by 2020

  We're all part of institutions that ought to be looking out for the public good, from city and state governments to religious institutions to other kinds of charities and non-profits. Most of these institutions invest money in stocks and bonds, and have a responsibility to divest from an industry that’s destroying our future, and reinvest in solutions to climate change. Even as extreme weather events like Hurricane Sandy, Somerset floods, Australian, Californian and African droughts and Australian fires threaten to overwhelm local budgets, government and inter-governmental inaction to solve this crisis is all but stalled. We have the solutions, but we won’t see any political progress on the issue until we can weaken the power of the fossil fuel industry. The bottom line is this: divestment, which proved a significant tool in ridding South Africa of Apartheid, is the only moral choice for institutions that care about the planet and its residents. Solving the climate crisis is the only practical choice for governments that care about their solvency.

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  Created by Paul Mathias
• Divest Laguna Beach

  Supporting fossil fuel extraction, processing and use through investments has far reaching negative implications socially, politically, environmentally, and economically.

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  Created by Christopher Prelitz
• Divest Schenectady County from Fossil Fuels

  We're all part of institutions that ought to be looking out for the public good, from city and state governments to religious institutions to other kinds of charities and non-profits. Most of these institutions invest money in stocks and bonds, and have a responsibility to divest from an industry that’s destroying our future, and reinvest in solutions to climate change. Even as extreme weather events like Hurricane Sandy, floods, droughts and fires threaten to overwhelm local budgets, federal inaction to solve this crisis is all but stalled. We have the solutions, but we won’t see any political progress on the issue until we can weaken the power of the fossil fuel industry.

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  Created by bill liddle
• Divest Macon from Fossil Fuels

  We would like a transparent review of city investments to ensure a conscientious use of tax payer funds. Divesting city and county funds away from fossil fuels sends a message of unity, hope, and a pledge of responsible government in the present to ensure a healthy future for all of the children of central Georgia and the world.

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  Created by Kelly Stefano
• Divest Hornsby Shire from Fossil Fuel Investment

  If we continue to mine fossil fuels we are on a sure path to catastrophic climate change. this will be disastrous for the planet. If we can reduce the level of investment in fossil fuels then we reduce the power these industries have over our governments which will lead to effective regulations in carbon emissions. In addition, these industries will be forced to look elsewhere, such as to renewable energy sources, to make their profits. Divestment of fossil fuel stocks can lead to investment in renewables which will become more profitable as result.

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  Created by Kirsten Cowley
• DIVEST MONTANA FROM FOSSIL FUELS!

  Montana state government should be looking into what is best for the public good. What is best for public good is halting climate change. They have a responsibility to divest from an industry that’s destroying our future, and reinvest in solutions to climate change. Even as extreme weather events like continual drought and wildfires that just keep getting worse threatening to overwhelm local budgets, federal inaction to solve this crisis is all but stalled. We have the solutions, but we won’t see any political progress on the issue until we can weaken the power of the fossil fuel industry.

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  Created by Lauren S
• Divest Takoma Park From Fossil Fuels

  Most people would probably choose a clean, sustainable, non-destructive energy source if they could, don't you think? Really. Would people insist on driving gasoline powered cars if there were an infrastructure built around electric battery operated vehicles? Would they choose to destroy our mountains and poison our water for coal and naturel gas, if they could keep the porch light on with energy captured from the wind, sun and tides? Right now, fossil fuel energy provides our only choice. That's not good enough. We need a healthy choice and there's only one way to get it. We have to demand it.

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  Created by Joseph Gilday
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  Take Back St. Louis from Fossil Fuels!

  We need our city to stop subsidizing the climate crisis. This summer, St. Louis experienced exactly what continued carbon emissions will feel like for our region – triple-digit heat waves and extreme drought. We cannot continue to subsidize the fossil fuel corporations responsible for this crisis. Right now, the City of St. Louis gives massive tax breaks to giant corporations downtown under the premise that these companies will create jobs, but these corporations usually fail to create what they promise. We’re left with consistent unemployment rates and millions of dollars stolen by these corporations away from the St. Louis Public Schools. These corporations do not need our money. Instead, we need to shift those taxpayer development dollars into renewable energy sources and sustainability initiatives that will create green jobs in a new local, sustainable economy. www.takebackstlouis.com

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  Created by Arielle Klagsbrun