Campaign to Divest Somerville from Fossil Fuels

[masslibrulgirl.livejournal.com]

A petition has been started to divest the city of Somerville from fossil fuels. This is a great chance for Somerville to be a leader on climate change!

If you're interested in getting involved with the campaign, there will be a  meeting tonight at 6 pm at the Climate Justice Hub in Davis Square.

For more background on what divestment is and why it's important in the fight against climate change, see:
-Gofossilfree.org
-Bill McKibben's Rolling Stone articles: Global Warming's Terrifying New Math, The Case for Fossil-Fuel Divestment, and The Fossil Fuel Resistance
-A recent Boston Globe article about churches and other faith groups calling for fossil fuel divestment
-A Providence Phoenix article about Providence's recent decision to divest from fossil fuels

Comments

[teele-sq.livejournal.com]

what a great idea. i'd also support a ban on bottled water like they did in concord (despite what maria rodale said)

[masslibrulgirl.livejournal.com]

That's a good idea too!

[achinhibitor.livejournal.com]

The serious question is whether we can get the electricity consumers of Somerville to not use fossil-fuel generated electricity (especially coal). Investment money can be raised anywhere. But will the users pay the incremental cost of not emitting CO2?

[tr0kee.livejournal.com]

Hey, I couldn't make it last night but I'd be interested in learning more. Are there any other upcoming meetings? Thanks.

[masslibrulgirl.livejournal.com]

There will be meetings once a week. You can sign up for the Climate Justice Hub email list (http://cjhub.org/contact-us/sign-up-for-our-email-list/), or look at their calendar (http://cjhub.org/events/), to find out when the next meeting will be. Right now, next week's divestment meeting is listed as being at 6 on Monday again, but that might be changing.

[masslibrulgirl.livejournal.com]

Also, you can email Dan at danjube at gmail dot com to get on the mailing list for future Somerville divestment meetings.