Dartmouth College, one of the big US Ivy League schools, has released a historic report recommending fossil fuel divestment. In March of 2014, community grassroots movement Divest Dartmouth presented College President Phil Hanlon with a signed petition formally requesting that Dartmouth divest from its fossil fuel holdings. In August of that year, … [continued]
Students from Vassar College’s Fossil Fuel Divestment Campaign began a peaceful sit-in protest on Monday, calling for full divestment from fossil fuel companies. Only a few days after student protesters at Columbia University ceased their own occupation of the University President’s offices, students from Vassar College in New York have … [continued]
Seven Columbia University students currently occupying the campus’s iconic Low Library building in an effort to push the administration into fossil fuel divestment have been threatened with suspension. On Thursday, April 14, 35 students from Columbia University began a peaceful sit-in outside President Lee Bollinger’s office to demand the University … [continued]
Australia’s largest superannuation fund, AustralianSuper, has announced it will offer members a coal, oil, and gas-free investment option from May 30th. According to AustralianSuper, the superannuation investment fund is “making changes to our sustainable investment options based on research of what our members want.” Specifically, according to AustralianSuper, members valued … [continued]
A blue-ribbon committee at the University of Toronto recommended immediate and targeted divestment of fossil fuel investments. If the recommendation is approved, the end result would make the University of Toronto the largest Canadian university to commit to divesting from most fossil fuel companies. The university President’s Advisory Committee on … [continued]
A group of mayors from around the world have published a letter calling on other mayors and cities to follow suit in divesting from fossil fuel investments. The group of 12 mayors from five different countries issued its letter last week, calling on other cities around the world to divest … [continued]
More than 500 institutions have divested from fossil fuel investments totaling commitments of over $3.4 trillion, according to international climate campaign 350.org. In September 350.org announced that fossil fuel divestment pledges had surpassed $2.6 trillion, representing 430 institutions and 2,040 individuals spread out over 43 countries. The divestment campaign has … [continued]
Over one hundred and fifty Columbia University students continue their civil disobedience protest in an attempt to force the university to fully divest from fossil fuel investments. As part of a number of actions that took place on October 14 under the banner of People’s Climate Movement, over one hundred … [continued]
Students from Harvard University have continued their legal fight, which aims to force Harvard University to divest its endowments from fossil fuel investments. A group of Harvard University students, the Harvard Climate Justice Coalition, have been fighting a long-running battle to legally force their university to divest itself from investing … [continued]
The global divestment movement has topped $2.6 trillion, according to an announcement made Tuesday in New York. Representatives from the global financial, faith, and environmental spaces met in New York on Tuesday to announce that, to date, 430 institutions and 2,040 individuals across 43 countries and representing $2.6 trillion in assets … [continued]
