“Sun Day is a day of action on September 21, 2025, celebrating the power of clean energy… On Sep 21, we’ll celebrate the progress we’ve made and push for more. We’ll install new solar, host e-bike parades, give heat pump tours, and rally for change. “ www.sunday.earth

In this time of growing environmental and human rights urgency, the Coordinating Team of the United Methodist Creation Justice Movement, with love and hope for people and creation, gathered to write this letter to The United Methodist Council of Bishops. fossilfreeumc.net/2025/09/02/o...

All are invited to participate in a four-week book discussion on Bill McKibben’s most recent book, HERE COMES THE SUN. Every Friday from noon to 1:30 p.m. CDT from September 19 to October 10, 2025 via Zoom. Register at the link: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Divestment from fossil fuels will be made possible by The United Methodist Church living more fully into its mission to transform the world and not destroy it and to do no harm and do postitive good as John Wesley envisioned for the community of all creation. fossilfreeumc.net/2025/08/23/f...

Divesting from fossil fuels is not naive as some supporters of continued investment and engagement maintain, rather it is an expression of moral clarity that profiting from the companies that are knowingly destroying a livable climate for life on Earth is evil. fossilfreeumc.net/2025/08/23/m...

Excellent interview with Bill McKibben. We are so thankful for his relentless work for climate justice. um-insight.net/in-the-world...

By the Reverend Christian DeMent, Pastor of La Mesa First United Methodist Church: “I finally have some time to offer a reflection on my participation in the Fossil Free Legislation that passed at the Cal-Pac Annual Conference this year (2025).” fossilfreeumc.net/2025/08/11/t...

Evidence of tremendous and joyful discipleship keeps rising in the Western Jurisdiction. As of the end of the 2025 annual conference season, almost all Western Jurisdiction annual conferences have taken steps to fully divest from fossil fuels. umcreationjustice.org/divestment-g...

This article presents an overview of 2025 fossil fuel divestment resolutions passed by annual conferences in the Western Jurisdiction. It describes how they were passed in California-Nevada and California-Pacific conferences. fossilfreeumc.net/2025/07/30/c...

In March, the California-Nevada Conference organized a Fossil Fuel Divestment Summit. Over two days, at the in-person in Sacramento, and online over zoom, summit attendees zeroed in on the moral and financial questions of fossil fuel divestment. fossilfreeumc.net/2025/05/05/d...

Earth Day is not simply about planting trees or recycling—although those actions have value. For people of faith, Earth Day is a sacred invitation. An invitation to reimagine our relationship with the earth and each other. www.umcjustice.org/latest/earth...

This post is a Model Resolution on Fossil Fuel Divestment from Fossil Free UMC and the United Methodist Creation Justice Movement, with a substitute resolution to present as an amendment or substitute if Resolution 1 is strongly opposed and likely to fail. fossilfreeumc.net/2025/04/08/a...

We see a lot of churches moving their money.” —Julia Frisbie, Executive Director of the Faith Foundation Northwest umcreationjustice.org/how-to-take-...

Presented by UMKR, MFSA, and Fossil Free UMC Register Here: www.palestine.events/12March2025 fossilfreeumc.net/2025/03/05/b...

“Divestment with Fossil Free UMC” Movement Cafe Video fossilfreeumc.net/2025/02/27/d...

Wednesday, February 19th

As a denomination we have long acknowledged the dangers of climate change and have called for a just transition away from fossil fuels toward a clean energy future. Yet many United Methodist individuals and institutions continue to invest in fossil fuels… fossilfreeumc.net/2025/02/06/n...

Join us February 19th for the first Movement Cafe of 2025. The focus is fossil fuel divestment, and conversation will help connect the dots as to why divestment is an important tool to fight climate change fossilfreeumc.net/2025/02/04/m...

How can the timidity with which The United Methodist Church now shrinks from fully confronting the climate crisis be transformed into more courageous efforts to promote a stable climate and the healing of humanity and the biosphere? fossilfreeumc.net/2025/02/02/e...

The United Methodist Church cannot meet its net zero goals unless it diversifies from investments in fossil fuels. The net zero goals are targets that all of the agencies of the church and our bishops agreed to meet by 2050. fossilfreeumc.net/2025/02/01/n...

The California-Nevada Conference Council on Finance and Administration is organizing a Summit on Fossil Fuel Divestment to be held at the Conference Center on March 25th through 26th. fossilfreeumc.net/2025/01/27/c...

The February edition of the UM Creation Justice Movement newsletter is very inspiring focusing on the work of Fossil Free UMC and more. umcreationjustice.org/february-202...

A Theological Reflection on Divestment from Fossil Fuels fossilfreeumc.net/2025/01/21/a...

Hey UMC, let’s take some notes from our Episcopal Church siblings and also become Fossil Free!

While the primary work of Fossil Free UMC is to promote the divestment from fossil fuels in the United Methodist Church, this focus is part of our larger concern for climate justice and the phaseout of fossil fuels for the sake of God’s creation. fossilfreeumc.net/2024/11/27/c...

Helpful Starter Pack for faith and climate folks on Bluesky. go.bsky.app/RMWNiioo

Celebrating the 150 of you who are now following the work of Fossil Free UMC here on Bluesky. Please spread the word about our mission to divest all United Methodist related funds from the fossil fuel industry.

United Methodist climate justice activist Sharon Delgado proclaims God’s tangible presence in and through creation and the glory of a sacramental universe, but she contends that we face a reckoning as climate change advances and fossil fuel profits multiply. fossilfreeumc.net/2024/11/17/f...

We are thankful for all of our new Bluesky followers. Learn more about the work of #FossilFreeUMC at our website. fossilfreeumc.net/about-2/

"[W]e face a perilous moment of choice. The window of time to stabilize the climate still stands slightly open, but if we continue along the current path, it will soon slam shut.“ fossilfreeumc.net/2024/11/11/c...

“It’s time to phase out fossil fuels! In this decade. Not just from our investments. I mean it’s time for us to start significantly reducing and phasing out fossil fuels now. I know this sounds almost impossible, but this is the what science is telling us.” fossilfreeumc.net/2024/10/27/i...

Jenny Phillips for Fossil Free UMC back in 2015 - “The Last Beneficiary.” Many of today’s seminarians and young pastors may still be preaching in thirty or forty years. By the time they retire, many more climate change forecasts will have come to pass. fossilfreeumc.net/2024/10/23/t...

During this election season, those of us who continue to work toward fossil fuel divestment in the United Methodist Church are also urging people to vote in the upcoming election. fossilfreeumc.net/2024/09/25/v...

We face a reckoning as climate change advances and fossil fuel profits multiply. Will we phase out fossil fuels, as climate scientists say we must, or will the quest for profits bring about a living hell on earth? fossilfreeumc.net/2024/09/24/f...

In response to a call from the World Council of Churches, Fossil Free UMC will discuss endorsing the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty at our next meeting. fossilfreeumc.net/2024/09/07/f...

So much is at stake. Fossil fuel pollution and climate change cause immeasurable harm, especially in frontline communities and vulnerable countries where impacts are greatest. fossilfreeumc.net/2024/07/23/f...

Cal-Nevada to Host Summit on Fossil Fuel Divestment fossilfreeumc.net/2024/06/21/c...

We have broken global temperature records for 12 months in a row and The United Methodist Church is still investing in fossil fuel companies that are spreading false information about climate science and the reality of the climate crisis. Let’s make the UMC Fossil Free fossilfreeumc.net.

Fossil Free UMC is building on momentum achieved at General Conference! fossilfreeumc.net/2024/05/08/5...

We have a lot to celebrate from General Conference this year with huge steps forward to address climate justice, environmental urgency and netzero. We are breaking through! fossilfreeumc.net/2024/05/08/c...

May Newsletter of the United Methodist Creation Justice Movement. mailchi.mp/ff66faf8fa2e...

The Revised Social Principles passed at the recent General Conference, supported by Fossil Free UMC, the United Methodist Creation Justice Movement, MFSA, the Love Your Neighbor Coalition, and so many others fossilfreeumc.net/2024/05/07/t...

For creation justice advocates, the work of decades found an exhilarating moment this week as the General Conference affirmed justice, struck down harmful language, and brought creation justice into the center of church life. umcreationjustice.org/creation-jus...

Today is the day! fossilfreeumc.net/2024/05/03/t...

Here is where we are with Fossil Free UMC’s petition to add “fossil fuels” to the UM investment screens in paragraph 717 of the Book of Discipline as of today, May 1. Please share with delegates so they will be prepared for upcoming vote at General Conference! fossilfreeumc.net/2024/05/01/g...

We had an opportunity to connect with two United Methodists in Africa, one in Ethiopia, the other in Nigeria. Both support divestment, and are calling for the United Methodist Church to attend to creation care and the environment globally. fossilfreeumc.net/2024/04/30/f...

The theme of Earth Day 2024 was Planet vs. Plastics, and we have all the evidence we need to know that the plastics epidemic is ANOTHER reason we must divest from fossil fuels and break free from coal, oil, and gas. fossilfreeumc.net/2024/04/30/d...

“United Methodist layman Bill McKibben, considered the "godfather" of the contemporary climate advocacy movement, asks the postponed General Conference to divest from all fossil fuels holdings.” um-insight.net/general-conf...

Video address from Bill McKibben on Divestment for General Conference. "We're running Genesis in reverse." fossilfreeumc.net/2024/04/29/b...

10 Reasons for Central Conferences to Support Fossil Fuel Divestment fossilfreeumc.net/2024/04/29/t...