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Jefferson23

(30,099 posts) Fri Apr 11, 2014, 12:14 PM Apr 2014

Tutu: Climate Crisis Demands we Boycott Big Oil just as we Boycotted Apartheid

Apr. 11, 2014

Nobel laureate says ‘people of conscience’ must break ties with oil and gas companies that are destroying planet’s future.

Archbishop of South Africa and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Desmond Tutu is saying their is no longer any excuse for not doing everything humanly possible to fight climate change and called on Thursday for an international "anti-apartheid-style boycott" against the fossil fuel industry.

In a striking essay and call to action in the Guardian newspaper, Tutu writes: "People of conscience need to break their ties with corporations financing the injustice of climate change."

"It makes no sense to invest in companies that undermine our future. To serve as custodians of creation is not an empty title; it requires that we act, and with all the urgency this dire situation demands." —Desmond Tutu

in full: http://www.juancole.com/2014/04/demands-boycotted-apartheid.html

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Tutu: Climate Crisis Demands we Boycott Big Oil just as we Boycotted Apartheid (Original Post) Jefferson23 Apr 2014 OP

Amen! 2naSalit Apr 2014 #1

k&r... spanone Apr 2014 #2

Momentum on Fossil Fuel Divestment Grows as Harvard Professors, Desmond Tutu Call for Action Jefferson23 Apr 2014 #3

2naSalit

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1. Amen!

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Fri Apr 11, 2014, 12:25 PM

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spanone

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2. k&r...

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Jefferson23

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3. Momentum on Fossil Fuel Divestment Grows as Harvard Professors, Desmond Tutu Call for Action

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Fri Apr 11, 2014, 12:49 PM

Apr 2014

AMY GOODMAN: In the letter, the professors write, quote, "If the Corporation regards divestment as 'political,' then its continued investment is a similarly political act, one that finances present corporate activities and calculates profit from them.

"The only way to remain 'neutral' in such circumstances is to bracket ethical principles even while being deeply concerned about consequences. Slavery was once an investment issue, as were apartheid and the harm caused by smoking," the Harvard professors wrote.

Well, to talk more about the disinvestment movement, we’re joined by two guests. James Aronson [sic] is professor of chemistry and Earth and—James Anderson is professor of chemistry and Earth and planetary sciences at Harvard University, one of the signatories to the letter urging Harvard to divest from the fossil fuel industry. He has done groundbreaking work exposing the link between climate change and ozone loss. He’s joining us from Harvard’s campus. And with us in Washington, D.C., Jamie Henn, co-founder of 350.org.

http://www.democracynow.org/2014/4/11/momentum_on_fossil_fuel_divestment_grows

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