Beyond Divestment: Climate-Concerned Philanthropists Pledge to Move Billions to Wind and Solar Thursday, 18 September 2014 12:48 By Chuck Collins, YES! Magazine | Report (Image: Wind energy via Shutterstock) This story is part of the Climate in Our Hands collaboration between Truthout and YES! Magazine. As the United Nations Climate …
British Medical Association Ends Fossil Fuel Investments
The British Medical Association (BMA), the trade union and professional association of British doctors, has decided to end its investment in fossil fuels. One of the reasons stated was the irony of medical organizations investing in the fossil fuel industry which damages public health, and the medical industry’s purpose is to …
Citiwire.net: Time to Enlist State Powers to Curb Deadliest Guns
Citiwire.net 27 December 2012 Welcome to Citiwire.net! We ring out 2012 with a duo of columns from two Citistates Group founders, Curtis Johnson and Neal Peirce. In the aftermath of the Newtown tragedy, Neal offers a strategy for enacting sensible gun restrictions, despite paralysis at the federal level: state action. …
Neal Peirce on States v. Guns and Curtis Johnson on Michigan’s New RTA
NEAL PEIRCE WASHINGTON – Now, in the wake of the Newtown massacre, is the time to blow the whistle on the gun industry. We have a proven formula. It’s the approach that curbed the tobacco industry and its life-imperiling products. Read more… Michigan’s Minor Miracle CURTIS JOHNSON Question: What recent …