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Should colleges divest from coal, oil?
2013-01-25 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: The divestment campaign aims to slow the development of coal, oil, and gas resources forms of energy that emit large quantities of heat-trapping greenhouse gasses and contribute to climate change by reducing the investment dollars flowing into energy companies. But energy companies have provided colleges and universities with relatively healthy returns in the past several years. "We're not debating that fossil fuels are profitable right now. We all understand that. This goes beyond profitability,"...
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