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Climate change divestment campaign spreads to America's churches
2013-01-10 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate News: A fast-spreading movement to persuade universities to rid their endowments of fossil fuel assets is now taking root in America's churches. "With the civil rights movement, the youth led and the churches followed," said Fred Small, minister of the Unitarian Universalist First Parish [3] Church in Cambridge, Mass. The church is one of dozens of congregations across the country exploring how to divest their portfolios of coal, oil and gas companies. "If young people see divestment as a key issue in...
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