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Harvard sued over push for fossil fuels divestment
2014-11-21 09:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Seven Harvard University students have filed a lawsuit asking a judge to force the university's governing body to divest from fossil fuel companies. The lawsuit filed Wednesday alleges investment in those companies violates the university's duties as a public charity. The complaint asks the court to compel the Harvard Corporation, the governing body, to stop investing any of its $36.4 billion endowment in gas, coal and oil companies. Harvard students have pressed the university to divest from...
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