the gw no fossil fuel money pledge

For decades, the fossil fuel industry and allied organizations have spent billions of dollars to mislead the public about the science of and solutions to climate change. This strategy includes funding research in higher education, which has successfully influenced academic inquiry, tempered universities’ willingness to challenge the industry, and bolstered the credibility and social license of fossil fuel companies even as they imperil humanity. The fossil fuel industry and allied organizations are the architects of a crisis that threatens the lives and livelihoods of all people, especially in marginalized communities. To end this era of dangerous lies and deadly inaction, our institutions must reevaluate their relationships to those responsible for the crisis.

I pledge to be a:

  • Climate ally

    • I will not accept funding from 16 of the worst architects of the climate crisis: 

    • The Slippery Six, the six companies and organizations subpoenaed by Congress for their role in the “Disinformation Campaign to Prevent Climate Action.”

    • The top ten funders of the US climate change counter-movement, “a complex network of organizations that function to obstruct climate action.” These ten are the only funders who contributed at least 2% of all climate change counter-movement financing.

  • Climate leader

    • I will not accept funding from 16 of the worst architects of the climate crisis or the Carbon Underground 200 companies, “the top global publicly-owned coal, oil, and gas reserves owners ranked by the carbon emissions embedded in their reserves.”

  • climate champion

    • I will not accept funding from the 16 worse architects of the climate crisis, the Carbon Underground 200 companies, or all fossil fuel companies, as defined by the electoral No Fossil Fuel Money Pledge. A full list is available here.

if you are interested in signing the pledge on behalf of your department, center, or school, please email us at gwusunrise@gmail.com

Top 10 Climate Change Counter-Movement Funders:

  1. Donors Trust

  2. Scaife Family Foundations

  3. Lynde And Harry Bradley Foundation

  4. Searle Freedom Trust

  5. Charles Koch Institute and Foundation

  6. Davis Family Foundation

  7. John Templeton Foundation

  8. Devos Family Foundation

  9. John William Pope Foundation

  10. Dunn Foundation

The Slippery Six:

  1. ExxonMobil

  2. Chevron

  3. BP

  4. Shell

  5. American Petroleum Institute

  6. US Chamber of Commerce