Students, alumni, and university leaders across the Ivy League have pointed out the high costs and empty impacts divestment could have on college campuses. Here’s what some stakeholders are saying about members of the Ivy League and their continued rejection of divestment: Christopher Eisengruber, President of Princeton University: “No,” said Eisgruber, when asked if the …
The American University student paper announced this morning the school has reversed a previous rejection of divestment. Here’s what you need to know. 1) AU did very little divesting. According to Inside Higher Ed, “The university isn’t aware of any companies listed on the Carbon Underground 200 list of coal and gas producers in its …
Harvard President Lawrence Bacow announced on April 21 that the Harvard Corporation has directed the Harvard Management Company “to develop a plan to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050” and to prepare to present a plan to the Corporation by the end of 2020. Here are the five things you need to know about …
Faculty within Harvard’s environmental science community questioned fossil fuel divestment’s efficacy as the best tactic to address climate change during discussions this week to pass a resolution before the University’s Faculty Council. The Harvard Crimson reports that while schools including the Arts and Science and the Medical School have supported divestment for its “largely symbolic …
While activists use this crisis to push empty gesture political statements, the industry they want to divest from is stepping up to support people and communities working to resolve this crisis for us all. The Huffington Post reports the New York City Council is set to introduce a resolution to “formally demand the banks, asset …
New York, like much of the world, is currently reeling from the crippling effects of COVID-19. Unfortunately, at a time when the focus of state leaders is on the health and well-being of its people, select activists are still trying to make noise around fossil fuel divestment – an issue far down any priority list …
Pittsburgh is yet again toying with the idea of divesting its Comprehensive Municipal Pension Trust Fund from fossil fuels, prisons, and guns, but the city’s largest paper recently took a stand against the proposal. Characterizing the divestment plan as “risky tinkering,” The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette warned that divestment was “a distraction” from crucial issues facing the …
For a second time in three years, the University of Denver announced its rejection of divestment. According to the DU Clarion, University Chancellor Jeremy Haefner sent a letter to the Undergraduate Student Government (USG) that DU will not divest from fossil fuels. The announcement comes after the USG passed a bill in October asking DU …
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