Boston Globe: In a sweeping new report, a climate change committee at MIT has thrown its support behind targeted divestment from coal and tar sand companies and called for the creation of a new institute dedicated to global warming.
The 52-page report, released this week, described climate change as "society's grandest challenge of the present day, possibly of all time,' and urged broad action in confronting it.
"The time has come for MIT to play a prominent, visible part in the action and solutions needed...