Benjamin Perry @benjamin-perry ?

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  • We humans suffer enough already, without abandoning one another.

    Author Ben Perry

    The season of Advent holds inherent tension. Torn between a coming Christmas and present waiting, the heart is pulled and s […]

  • It’s important to listen to the tone of conversations around climate change and fossil fuel divestment because, increasingly, these discussions are taking place in wholly disparate worlds.

    On one side, c […]

    • Now, there are plenty of smart economic reasons for why divestment is the wisest course of action at this point, in addition to its moral urgency. Solar and wind technology have developed sufficiently that they are fully ready to be deployed as replacements for the energy we create from fossil fuels; anyone who says otherwise is simply not arguing in good faith. Furthermore, the writing is on the wall: At this point, fossil fuels are a bad investment. Detractors of divestment decry the jobs that will be lost in the fossil fuel industry, but ignore the thousands upon thousands of new jobs that positive investment in the renewable sector will create. Finally, we’ve participated in shareholder engagement for years, without garnering any significant victories.

      Not working out in Australia. Irregular supply and rising prices. Don’t be slinging around accusations of “not in good faith” when….the facts aren’t in. No matter how much you want them to be…what you want them to be.

  • Thanks for this thoughtful response to my article. In many respects, I agree with much of what you have to say. I, too, agree that, for the reasons you point out, the PC-USA divesting will not, by itself, effect any kind of meaningful change to carbon pricing, energy politics, or consumer behavior. I agree, too, that ultimately it is these kinds…[Read more]

    In reply to - Ron Spross wrote a new post, A Response to "Divesting from the Sins of Our Past" A Perspective from Faithful Alternatives for Engagement with Climate Change The upcoming General Assembly will consider various […] · View
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