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Tag: Fossil Fuel Divestment
Faculty & Staff
Harvard Faculty, Local Officials Support Legal Complaint Against Harvard Fossil Fuel Investment
More than 115 Harvard University faculty members and nine local elected officials have backed a legal complaint filed last week that is challenging the legality of Harvard’s fossil fuels investment, The Harvard Crimson reported. The March 15 complaint – filed by student group Fossil Fuel Divest Harvard with the Massachusetts Attorney General’s office – is […]
March 24, 2021
News Roundup
Rutgers University to Divest from Fossil Fuels
Rutgers University is divesting from fossil fuel investments. This comes after a recommendation from a committee of faculty, students and staff to address student group Endowment Justice Collective’s divestment request. This move will mean that Rutgers will stop any new fossil fuel investments, divest from passive index funds with fossil fuel investments in a year, […]
March 10, 2021
News Roundup
GWU President Apologizes for ‘Racially Insensitive’ Remark
George Washington University President Thomas LeBlanc has issued an apology for a remark he made comparing a majority support for fossil fuel divestment with majority support for “shooting all Black people,” reported The Washington Post. In a six minute video posted to Facebook, a first-year student approached LeBlanc and asked whether he would divest the […]
February 4, 2020
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