Divestment activists are back to work in California, calling on the University of California system to divest from fossil fuels just as the system’s board approves tuition increases to accommodate increased enrollment. According to the school paper: “UC Chief Financial Officer Nathan Brostrom acknowledged an existing gap between the $7 billion received from UC tuition …
In a newly surfaced video, one of New York State’s top financial officials has directly challenged the Rockefeller Brothers Fund over the pointless nature of fossil-fuel divestment, both in political and environmental terms. “We’re not social investors,” New York First Deputy Comptroller Pete Grannis said during an Oct. 28 divestment forum at Baruch College. “We …
The California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS), one of the nation’s largest pension funds, is holding its fall board meeting today in Sacramento. Based on statements from Fossil Free, this meeting will again include outside groups pushing the fund to divest. The system’s $190+ billion portfolio has been a favorite target of divestment activists as well …
With all of the attention on the surprising election night outcome of Donald Trump, other major stories out of the election are slow to be considered. Yet regardless of opinions around the election result itself, there are key items to consider around what the recent election day results mean for the future of the fossil …
Students ignore Northeastern’s July 2016 rejection of divestment, court of appeals confirms Harvard not legally required to divest, divestment continues to lose ground Massachusetts is home to some of the nation’s most prestigious schools. But unfortunately for divestment activists, the majority of these universities – Harvard, Northeastern, MIT, Boston College, and Tufts to name a …
Today, a special task force at the University of Denver (DU) will hold its final scheduled hearing into fossil-fuel divestment. According to the program, the task force will hear from DU student activists who support divestment. At this point in the process, it’s worth reviewing what we have learned since the first public meeting of …
At the University of Denver (DU) Divestment Task Force hearing this Thursday – the sixth in a series – the task force will be hearing from DU professors, including the president of the DU Faculty Senate that passed a resolution endorsing divestment and the chair of the Faculty Senate Divestment Committee who signed an open …
This Thursday, as the University of Denver (DU) Divestment Task Force holds its sixth hearing on fossil fuel divestment, we have to believe the presentation from divestment supporters will go far better than it did last time. In the process of trying to explain the merits of fossil fuel divestment to the task force at …
Divestment has a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week Each new school year presents another opportunity for the divestment movement to gain more momentum, as students return to school and university boards gather for their annual fall meetings. Safe to say, this week is not what activists had in mind when they started their …
Next week, Arabella Advisors will release the 2016 iteration of its highly-contested series reporting on the fossil fuel divestment movement. In September 2014 and 2015, Arabella Advisors – with the support of divestment enthusiasts like 350.org, Divest-Invest, and As You Sow — released studies on the “progress” of the divestment campaign across the globe. The …
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