Thursday, May 5, 2022 8pm ET | 7pm CT | 6pm MT | 5pm PT RSVP: Expert Opinion Briefing-GCF Learn more about the Green Climate Fund on Thursday, May 5 at 8pm ET, when Unitarian Universalist for Social Justice hosts Joe Thwaites from the World Resources Institute Sustainable Finance Center. Joe will discuss the importance […]
UUMFE signed on as a partner of Stop the Money Pipeline (STMP), a coalition of over 130 organizations targeting Wall Street’s financing of the climate crisis. STMP’s primary targets are JP Morgan Chase bank, insurance giant Liberty Mutual and asset manager BlackRock for their massive investments in fossil fuel expansion; the coalition also mobilizes to […]
The UUA and UU Ministry for Earth joined over 250 climate, labor and social justice organizations in endorsing the THRIVE Agenda, a transformative plan to address the interrelated crises of a global pandemic, racism, mass unemployment and climate change by investing in a just renewal. THRIVE, which stands for Transform, Heal, and Renew by Investing […]
UUMFE joined over 630 groups in signing a letter urging the Biden Administration to issue an executive order to halt all household utility shutoffs during the pandemic. Water, power, and broadband utilities shutoffs remain a crisis for millions of people in the U.S., disproportionately hurting BIPOC communities. This moratorium, from the No Shutoffs Coalition, would […]
A week before President Biden took office, UUMFE signed on to the Presidential Plastics Action Plan, a major push backed by over 500 organizations to stop plastic pollution and create environmental justice. Join the national day of action on Thursday, January 21, Biden’s first full day of office, to ensure his administration takes meaningful action […]
December 12 marks the five-year anniversary of the world coming together to sign on to the Paris Agreement and the UUA and UUMFE are marking the moment by committing to a national mobilization for a clean energy economy and centering their own operations in pursuit of climate action. In doing so, UUA and UUMFE joined […]
With a new presidential administration almost a month away, the climate movement is gearing up to win bold and legislation to secure a liveable planet. This next decade is a crucial window to align not only US but global policy on an urgent path for Just Transition, and the movement is already pushing president-elect Joe […]
On October 2nd, climate activists from Europe to the coasts of the United States and Canada took to the streets and virtual spaces as part of “Stop Funding Tar Sands: Day of Solidarity with Frontline Communities.” Organized by Stop the Money Pipeline, coordinated actions targeted asset manager BlackRock, JP Morgan Chase Bank, and insurer Liberty […]
Wow! A glimmer of hope! A federal judge ruled that “the US Army Corps of Engineers violated the law when it approved Nationwide Permit 12, a key water crossing permit for TC Energy’s Keystone XL tar sands pipeline and many other pipelines nationwide. The ruling invalidates Nationwide Permit 12, prohibiting the Corps from using this […]
More than 200 human rights, environmental, public health, faith-based, civil rights, and workers’ rights groups signed on to a letter urgently requesting that the office of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis immediately take all necessary steps, together with local and federal authorities, to protect farmworkers in Immokalee during the COVID-19 pandemic. Set up a field hospital […]
