The Montgomery County, PA Green Party Supports the EQAT-led Actions Urging Vanguard to Divest from Fossil Fuels
The Montgomery County Green Party, is a local branch of the Green Party of Pennsylvania
Authored by Tristan H. Edited by Alexander N.
Authorized 02/16/26
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
The Montgomery County Green Party formally expressed its solidarity and support for the Earth Quaker Action Team (EQAT) in their prolonged struggle to bring pressure to bear against the investment firm, Vanguard, one of the largest investors in the world in the fossil fuel industry.
Founded in 2009, the Earth Quaker Action Team has engaged in, and organized various grassroots campaigns, such as Bank Like Appalachia Matters, the fight against the Keystone XL Pipeline, and Power Local Green Jobs. These campaigns, all fighting in the interest of social and climate justice, and grassroots organizing, have had success in creating change of policy, boosting sustainable and equitable development, and raising consciousness about the most critical issues of our time.
This constant advocacy for community-based organizing, social justice, and climate justice coalesced into their ongoing partnership in the international Vanguard S.O.S. movement, starting in 2021. Today they still hold consistent and frequent meetings, trainings, and events in a continuous effort to fight against Vanguard’s destructive lust for profit. We also praise the other elements of the Vanguard S.O.S. movement for their efforts and cooperation towards that end.
As our world continues to be threatened by the ever-growing problem of climate change, its catastrophic effects, and our contrarily ineffectual governance across the world, the duty of combatting climate change has fallen onto the general populace. The question is not just what kind of future we are going to have, but whether we are going to have a future at all. That is why grassroots movements and organization are so extremely important, for only we, the working class, can apply the pressure necessary to make the changes needed for the preservation, and improvement, of our world.
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