continues to fund climate denial and is misleading the AGU. The Union of Concerned Scientists also sent a letter urging them to reconsider. However, in a meeting on 23 September 2016, the Board upheld its previous decision. Fossil Fuel Divestment In November 2021, AGU announced in a video presentation that, as a consequence of its Environmental, social, and corporate governance policies, it no longer had any direct investments in fossil-fuel companies and it was beginning to divest its investment portfolio from mutual fund holdings in fossil-fuel companies. See also Geological Society of America List of geoscience organizations List of geophysicists Scientific consensus on climate change References Further reading Geophysics societies Scientific organizations based in the United States Meteorological societies Physics societies Non-profit organizations based in Washington, D.C. Scientific organizations established in 1919 1919 establishments in Washington, D.C.