They’re like totally enthused to tell Other People how to run their business
(UK Guardian) A Guardian petition which calls for the Wellcome Trust and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to ditch their fossil fuel investments has gathered more than 100,000 signatures since it launched on Monday.
The campaign asks the world’s two largest charitable foundations to divest from the top 200 oil, gas and coal companies within five years and to immediately freeze any new investments. It was launched by Guardian editor-in-chief Alan Rusbridger in partnership with the global climate movement 350.org.
High profile signatories include Scottish actor Tilda Swinton and Professor Anne Glover, the former chief scientific adviser to the president of the European commission.
The campaign has also attracted the support of activist Bianca Jagger, Costa award-winning author Helen Macdonald and Rou Reynolds from the band Enter Shikari, while chef Yotam Ottolenghi said he backed it “because we’re running out of time and it’s pretty terrifyingâ€.
A couple points here. First, you know what is coming: have all those who signed the petition given up their own use of fossil fuels? Pretty much a rhetorical question, as we know the answer is a resounding “no”, followed by typical Cult of Climastrology deflections.
Second, as mentioned previously, the Guardian has gone full bore CoC, and has apparently decided to give up on their core mission of journalism and move strictly into advocacy. Is it any wonder the media is losing more and more trust?
