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……We've learned that quiet isn't always peace
And the norms and notions
of what just is
Isn’t always just-ice
And yet the dawn is ours….
               Excerpt from Amanda Gorman’s inaugural poem, “The Hill We Climb”
Green America congratulates President Joseph Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on their historic inauguration. We thank President Biden for his calls…
BlogNews (January 7, 2021) Green America condemns the violent assault on the US Capitol yesterday by rioters. We also condemn the rhetoric of the US President and his enablers in Congress that incited his supporters to engage in an aborted coup.Â
The assault on Congress, the seat of US democracy, is unprecedented in modern times. But Wednesday’s events have roots in violent white supremacy that has a long…
BlogNews (December 7, 2020) By Fran Teplitz
Big banks globally have long played a destructive role when it comes to climate change – channeling $2.7 trillion, into the fossil fuel industry even after the Paris Climate Agreement. This financing includes support for traditional coal, natural gas, and oil extraction; liquified natural gas infrastructure; fracking; ultra-deep-water drilling; tar sands oil…
BlogNews (November 30, 2020) by Fran Teplitz
The numbers are in! Professionally managed assets in the U.S. using socially responsible investing (SRI) strategies continue to grow rapidly. According to the US SIF Foundation’s newly released 2020 Report on Sustainable and Responsible Investing Trends, SRI assets now total $17 trillion – a 42% increase since 2018.
This means that one third of all professionally…
BlogNews (November 19, 2020) Last year, Green America launched a new tradition for Thanksgiving, crowning corporate CEOs as Corporate Turkeys of the year. Last year’s “awards” went to the CEOs of Amazon, Godiva, Walmart, and Carter’s for their negative impacts on people and the planet.Â
This year’s winners distinguished themselves through their failures to treat workers well in the pandemic, lack of action…
BlogNews (November 9, 2020) Thank you to everyone who voted in last week’s election, and a big thanks to all who worked the polls or helped to get out the vote.Â
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have won the election. This is an historic moment for the country, since Kamala Harris is the first woman and person of color to achieve such a high office in the US.Â
We won’t know the full composition of the Senate…
BlogNews (November 2, 2020) On Friday afternoon, October 30, 2020 the Department of Labor (DOL) pushed through a new rule to undermine the ability of 401(k) and pension plans to include socially and environmentally responsible investments. The rule is clearly a pre-election political move against corporate responsibility, in line with Trump administration actions that have consistently rolled back…
BlogNews (November 1, 2020)
Before Black Friday, we encourage you not to shop to support the toxic consumerist culture of the day that is obsessed with deals. Those deals are paid for by the people who work low wages in factories or in box stores.But it’s unrealistic not to shop at all, and unnecessary. Not only do people use gifts around the holiday season to show their love for one another, but it can also…
BlogNews (October 13, 2020) The presidential election is just around the corner. With the COVID-19 pandemic, many Americans may opt to vote by mail. In a move to undercut our democracy, President Trump and his administration is deliberately withholding funding from the US Postal Service and removing mailboxes and vital mail processing equipment to make it harder to vote by mail.
At the same time, voter…
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