"This Should Not Come as a Surprise": Bill McKibben on Global Extreme Weather
"The bigger problem is in Washington and in the state capitals, where people are in bed with the fossil fuel industry. You can tell, in Washington, when you look at projects like Keystone. You can tell in the states, when they?in cities, when they continue investing retirement money in the very companies that are making sure no one will have a safe place to retire to. A few brave cities, in fact, more and more all the time?Seattle, San Francisco, Providence?have divested those holdings in fossil fuel companies. Maybe after events like this, a few more will step up. We sure hope so. There?s a vote soon in the Massachusetts Legislature that might make it the first state in the country to divest its funds. Let?s hope that they?re paying attention in Boston today as the snow comes down and the wind whips the Bay State coast."
Peace!
http://www.democracynow.org/2014/2/13/this_should_not_come_as_a
"The bigger problem is in Washington and in the state capitals, where people are in bed with the fossil fuel industry. You can tell, in Washington, when you look at projects like Keystone. You can tell in the states, when they?in cities, when they continue investing retirement money in the very companies that are making sure no one will have a safe place to retire to. A few brave cities, in fact, more and more all the time?Seattle, San Francisco, Providence?have divested those holdings in fossil fuel companies. Maybe after events like this, a few more will step up. We sure hope so. There?s a vote soon in the Massachusetts Legislature that might make it the first state in the country to divest its funds. Let?s hope that they?re paying attention in Boston today as the snow comes down and the wind whips the Bay State coast."
Peace!
http://www.democracynow.org/2014/2/13/this_should_not_come_as_a
