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California Attorney General Kamala Harris and New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman are investigating ExxonMobil for its decades of deliberate climate deception. We’re calling on Attorney General Loretta Lynch and the Department of Justice to follow suit.
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January 22, 2016
Climate negotiators strike deal to slow global warming
With the tap of a gavel and thunderous applause, 195 nations and the European Union adopted a new climate change plan, one with the ambitious goals of slowing global warming by reducing …
December 12, 2015
Honolulu Global Climate March
Hundreds of climate change supporters marched through Waikiki’s busy streets Sunday to raise awareness of the irreversible effects the excess use of fossil fuels has had on our planet.
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November 25, 2015
$2.6 Trillion
The divestment movement grew 50-fold in the past year and now represents $2.6 trillion in investments.…
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November 6, 2015
Stop Funding Fossils!
Do you remember how President Obama and every other G20 leader pledged to eliminate fossil fuel subsidies? It was in 2009, right before the last major UN climate conference – the one in Copenhagen.
That pledge was great, there was …
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November 5, 2015
Heat is On: UH Foundation should divest from fossil fuels
[Originally published in Ka Leo, July 21, 2015]
by Leilei Joy Shih, Guest Writer PhD Candidate in Oceanography, Sierra Club Oʻahu, UH Graduate Student Organization
On the morning of May 21, 2015, students, faculty and community members packed the hearing …
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July 27, 2015
Lessons from Successful Divestments
UH, state leaders comment on UH divestment, 100% renewable energy mandate
HONOLULU–University of Hawaii decision-makers joined state Rep. Chris Lee Friday at the state capitol to comment on two recent major achievements in clean energy: divestment by UH from all …
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June 6, 2015
UH System divests from fossil fuels
The University of Hawaii Board of Regents, working with faculty and students, voted to divest their endowment from oil, coal and gas.
University of Hawaii System divests from fossil fuels
10-campus, 57,000-student UH System largest university yet to divest
HONOLULU–May …
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May 21, 2015
UH Regents: Say NO to Fossil Fuels
[Originally published in Civil Beat, 5/13/2015]
The University of Hawaii (UH) proudly declares on its website that it is a “land, sea and space grant institution,” one of only a handful nationwide. UH holds as its motto Maluna aʻ…
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May 16, 2015
Mr. Gates: Keep it in the Ground!
Javier Mendez, Jeff Kim and Bill Metzger of 350Hawaii contributed to this global video urging Bill Gates to divest the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation from fossil fuels. The Foundation is the richest in the world, with $43.5 billion, $1.4 …
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May 2, 2015
