Catholic groups announce massive divestment from fossil fuels

If you care deeply about humanity and its role on this planet, climate change represents a significant, existential threat. The victims of climate change include people who live near the ocean, people who live in forests, people who live in deserts, and people who live in the mountains. Young people. Old people. Poor people and rich people: If they aren’t already feeling the impacts of a changing climate, they will someday. And human-caused climate change is threatening and destroying many, many species of plants and animals.

It’s with this view that faith groups have become leaders in the climate change movement. Churches were some of the earliest adopters of fossil fuel divestment — the practice of pulling funds from companies for a range of reasons, including mining for coal, selling oil and gas, or financing tar sands development....
https://thinkprogress.org/catholic-groups-announce-massive-divestment-from-fossil-fuels-f774e4346bc9#.96on3mr9a