Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, has announced it will divest from investments in coal, oil, and gas, following a one-and-a-half year citizen-led campaign. The announcement was made by the City of Stockholm on Tuesday, declaring that Stockholm would withdraw investments in coal, oil, and gas companies, equating to approximately 30 … [continued]
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]
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has fully divested itself from its $187 million stake in BP, one of the world’s seven supermajor oil and gas companies. The Guardian first reported the news by comparing filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission made by the Bill & Melinda Gates … [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]
Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, the world’s largest, has announced it is excluding 52 companies based on its new product-based coal criterion guidelines. Early in 2015, Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, the Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG), managed by Norges Bank, announced that it had divested from 51 coal companies in 2014. … [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]
After 116 days, the Fossil Free MIT sit-in has ended with the announcement of an agreement for a deal on climate action. The longest ever sit-in for fossil fuel divestment concluded this earlier this month when an agreement was reached between student activists from Fossil Free MIT and MIT’s Vice … [continued]
The New York University Divest campaign has secured a meeting with the school’s Board of Trustees after a sit-in demonstration in the administrative offices. On Wednesday, the NYU Divest campaign, made up of a coalition of students, faculty, and alumni, who are all calling on the New York University (NYU) … [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]
