Earlier today I wrote about Oxford University’s impending Council meeting to discuss divesting from fossil fuels, a decision which would have been a big step for British education systems. Instead of voting one way or the other, however, the University has deferred the decision, claiming that the decision requires more … [continued]
The global push towards fossil fuel divestment continues, especially on university campuses, with the University of Oxford set to rule on whether to divest from fossil fuel investments. With an endowment worth approximately £3.8 billion, the University of Oxford is the second richest university in the UK (after the University of … [continued]
A group of Harvard students are taking their school to court over the school’s investment practices, in an attempt to force the illustrious institution to divest from investing in fossil fuel companies. The student lawsuit, filed by the Harvard Climate Justice Coalition, claims that the investments harm students and future … [continued]
Several universities have almost simultaneously announced that they will be divesting their fossil fuel investments, in a trend that will hopefully spread across large and small tertiary institutions worldwide. I have come across a number of these stories of late, and it seems that the idea is becoming more and … [continued]
The University of Glasgow in Scotland has taken a page from Stanford and other US colleges. It has become the first EU academic institution to divest fossil fuel holdings. On Wednesday, the university court voted to divest $29 million (£18 million) of investments in the fossil fuel industry and freeze new investments across … [continued]
Oxford University reports the fossil fuel divestment campaign is gaining traction faster than previous divestment efforts against Apartheid, tobacco, and pornography, posing a serious reputational risk to the world’s biggest fossil fuel companies.
Oxford PV have announced that they have achieved a new efficiency high-watermark for their new photovoltaic technology of 15.4%, continuing the march towards scale-up and commercialisation. Spun off from Oxford University in an attempt to put all of founder Dr. Henry Snaith’s intellectual property under one roof and solve the … [continued]
We’ve been covering New Energy Technologies and its SolarWindow technology for years (see the stories at the bottom of this post). However, a new solar startup out of the UK is apparently looking to offer a similar product and could even beat New Energy Technologies to market. Oxford Photovoltaics (aka Oxford … [continued]
A new study by Oxford University and the University of Amsterdam concludes that cultured meat, also known as in vitro meat or lab-grown meat, can deliver substantial environmental and cost benefits. A report of the Oxford University and University of Amsterdam team’s research is published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology.
Researchers at Oxford University are developing the basis for a long lasting, non-toxic, low cost miniature hydrogen fuel cell that could power pocket-sized electronic devices as well as laptops and other portables. The downscaled size would be made possible by using a small cartridge of
