Posts Tagged ‘youth climate movement’
Kids to CalSTRS: Divest from Fossil Fuels
The kids are mad as hell—and so are teachers who want their California teacher pension fund, CalSTRS, to join 1,000 other institutions collectively divesting $14.5 trillion from the fossil fuel industry that threatens climate catastrophe.
Read morePark Guthrie: Grade School Teacher, CalSTRS Member, Wildfire Evacuee
At one school community in northern California, students and educators have adapted to five climate-related emergencies in four years (four forest fires and a flood), all causing mandatory evacuations and countless traumas. COVID-19 has only complicated the equation with distanced learning. Park Guthrie, a long-time California educator of 11 and 12-year-olds, says his Zoom class…
Read moreCalSTRS Avoids Discussing Losses, Bungles Public Participation at First Virtual Public Meeting
Teachers, Youth, and Allies Demand Answers on Plummeting Fossil Fuel Investment Returns At its first public meeting since the state’s shelter-in-place order and the stock market’s recent collapse, CalSTRS’ Investment Committee met via Zoom and ignored calls for discussion of catastrophic losses incurred by continuing to invest in fossil fuels. The nation’s second-largest pension fund…
Read moreCalifornia Youth vs Big Oil
Kudos to our friends at CA Youth Vs Big Oil (CAYBO), a coalition of youth climate activists, environmental justice organizers and indigenous leaders from throughout California who are uniting to urge Governor Gavin Newsom to choose the future of our climate over fossil fuels and stand up to California’s oil industry. Throughout the month of…
Read moreKids’ Climate Lawsuits Make Progress in Court
Youth climate activists have taken on big oil and the federal government in a landmark constitutional rights case. For the moment, they’re winning.
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