Fossil Fuel Divestment and other Popular Writing
Carlos Davidson. 2024. It’s time for the legislature to require CalPERS, CalSTRS to divest from from fossil fuels. Opinion. Sacramento Bee. June 14. LINK
Carlos Davidson. 2024. CalPERS plans to newly invest in clean energy – while refusing to divest from fossil fuels. Opinion. Sacramento Bee. January 15. LINK
Carlos Davidson. 2023. Why Fossil Fuel Divestment Works. Common Dreams. July 9. LINK
Carlos Davidson. 2023. Why California’s Public Employee Pensions Should Divest from Fossil Fuels. Common Dreams. June 20. LINK
Carlos Davidson. 2021. Shareholder Engagement With Fossil Fuel Companies Is a Failure for Climate Change. Common Dreams. Nov 22. LINK
Carlos Davidson and Cynthia Kaufman, 2015, Is Reinvestment a Good Strategy for the Fossil Fuel Divestment Movement? Truthout. January 23. LINK
Cynthia Kaufman and Carlos Davidson. 2015. Rethinking Freedom, Government, and Expertise in the Time of COVID-19 Common Dreams. April 18. LINK
Carlos Davidson. 2020. Finding Hope in Dark Times While Avoiding Environmentalists’ Mistakes of the Past Common Dreams. April 19. LINK
Divestment resources: resolutions, one pagers, petitions
Union local divestment resolution
Divestment resources one pager California Faculty Association
San Mateo County divestment sign on letter
San Mateo County Board of Supervisors resolution
Climate Action Planning
C. Davidson. 2009 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory for Pacifica, California for 2005.Pacifica Climate Committee. pp 11.
Fager, C. and C. Davidson. 2008 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory 1990-2006 for San Francisco State University. Report prepared for the SF State Facilities Department for submission to the American University and College Presidents Climate Commitment. pp 22.