Sustainable UMass Action Coalition - SUMAC

Investment Funds Worth Trillions Are Dropping Fossil Fuel Stocks A report said the new total, more than $5 trillion, was twice the amount measured 15 months ago.

Massachusetts pension fund hit by losses in fossil fuel stocks, group estimates - The Boston Globe The Massachusetts state pension fund’s holdings of fossil fuel stocks lost $521 million in value in the past fiscal year, according to an estimate by a firm that advocates divesting such assets.

Don't let Administration divide our campus!

Come to Campus Center 804 @ 3pm Wednesday, April 22 (a Monday schedule) for a discussion between UMass workers and students.

https://www.facebook.com/events/368467616690566/

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-04-14/fossil-fuels-just-lost-the-race-against-renewables

Fossil Fuels Just Lost the Race Against Renewables This is the beginning of the end.

Climate change groups split on fossil fuel divestment (free to read) Altogether, institutions and individuals responsible for at least $50bn of investment have said they will sell some or all of their fossil fuel holdings.

Hey everyone! Keep posted for our first general body meeting happening next week. Is there anything that you would like to discuss? Comment or bring some suggestions and we would love to hear them! See you soon!

Rockefellers, Heirs to an Oil Fortune, Will Divest Charity From Fossil Fuels The family whose legendary wealth flowed from Standard Oil is planning to rid its $860 million Rockefeller Brothers Fund of investments in companies trading in nonrenewable energy.

Berlin duo launch a supermarket with no packaging Shrink-wrapped shallots and polystyrene-packed peppers are a thing of the past at Original Unverpackt, a German concept store selling groceries without the packaging

After just 4 months, Logan travelers have acquired a big appetite for Terminal B’s local food... Michael Levine figured travelers would want to eat local even when they were about to fly off to someplace else, but he wasn’t counting on the crowds that have flocked to his Berkshire Farms Market at Logan Airport during its first four months of operation.

The tech breakthrough that will fight climate change I am writing this from inside a factory, and what I am looking at will change the world. I am looking out onto a large factory floor; the drone of machines is relatively loud, but soothing, and each person...

In case you haven't signed up for a bus already!

People's Climate March, Amherst-NYC (1-day) Tickets are for seats on one of two additional buses from Amherst, MA to the People's Climate March in New York City.