350 MoCo

350 Montgomery County is a local group affiliate of the international nonprofit 350.org. To preserve our planet, scientists tell us we must reduce the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere from its current level of over 400 parts per million to below 350 ppm. Join us to say YES to a clean energy future and NO to climate destruction!

The Montgomery County Employee Retirement System (MCERS) pension fund has invested over $112M in 71 of the top 200 oil & gas and coal companies, including notable bad actors Exxon Mobil, Chevron and Arch Coal Company. Help us pass legislation to require MCERS to stop investment in the top 200 fossil fuel companies and sell off its existing fossil fuel investments over the next 5 years.

Respected institutions like public pension funds and colleges need to publicly break from companies whose "business plan" is to produce as much fossil fuel as they can, despite knowing that inevitably would lead to dangerous climate change. Divestment will loosen the grip the fossil fuel industry has on our political system, finally making a price on carbon and rapidly transitioning to clean, renewable power possible.