++Bill McKibben of 350.org is right that the announcement by the World Council of Churches about divesting from oil, gas and coal is a big thing. For all the talk about the NSA being used to crack down of domestic dissidents,my candidate for most endangered person is Bill and environmentalist groups. If Fusion Centers were used against Occupy Wall Street,the same will happen against groups that protest the XL Keystone Pipeline and the fossil fuel industry.
++The statement by the WCC, which represents 345 Christian denominations,covers 590 million people worldwide.
++Its action has been supplemented by Pope Francis speaking for the Catholic Church and issuing a statement on the Sustainability of the Planet.
++In the United States, smaller actions have been taken by Union Theological Seminary in New York and the United Church of Christ,the first denomination to divest from the fossil fuel industry.
++The Unitarian/Universalist Association's National Assembly also voted to divest.
++Otherall the momentum to divest from fossil fuels has gained speed.
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