vrijdag 17 april 2015

The Guardian

 
   
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
   
   
 
 Since we launched Keep it in the ground more than 180,000 Guardian readers have signed our petition calling on the Gates Foundation and Wellcome Trust to divest from fossil fuels. Below you'll find some of the essential campaign reads from the last week. ~ James Randerson, assistant national editor

How much fossil fuel has been used in your lifetime?
How much fossil fuel has been extracted since you arrived at this page? Or since you were born? The numbers below highlight the staggering amount of oil, coal and gas we take out of the ground – and how quickly change is needed

Nobel prize winners join call for charities to divest from fossil fuels
Laureates, including former Wellcome Trust employee Sir John Sulston, argue that investments by charities conflict with their aims of improving public health

Podcast episode #4: Risks 
The Guardian is a newspaper rather than a professional campaigning organisation, so does it know what it's doing? The team gather to assess the risks and brainstorm possible mitigation. One possible risk is ticked off the list: Neil Berkett, Guardian Media Group's chairman, announces that the company that owns the Guardian will divest from fossil fuels.

John Sulston: The Wellcome Trust's polite business chats won't save the Earth
Fossil-fuel divestment isn't just a grand gesture – with an £18bn portfolio the trust could help switch us on to a high-speed track towards cutting emissions

The new face of the climate change movement - May Boeve
One of the few female figureheads in the US green movement, 350.org's executive director has risen with the organisation to become a leading voice for the global divestment movement. She looks back to the early campaigns and reveals what winning would look like
 
 
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