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After refusing to divest from fossil fuels, Harvard takes new steps to promote the environment

2014-04-07 21:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Boston Globe: Six months after announcing that Harvard would not divest its endowment from the fossil fuel industry, President Drew Faust unveiled several new initiatives today to strengthen the universitys commitment to environmental sustainability and renewable energy. Harvard has a vital leadership role to play in this work, Faust wrote in a letter to the Harvard community. As a university, it has a special obligation and accountability to the future, to the long view needed to anticipate and alter the...

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Divest from Fossil-Fuel Companies

2014-03-20 06:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Yale Environment 360: With our leaders repeatedly failing to take action on climate, divestment from fossil-fuel companies is one of the few effective strategies remaining. Climate change is an urgent moral crisis, and our universities and institutions must take a stand. Lets say that you are sitting in the front passenger seat of a car that is several miles from the Grand Canyon, conversing with the driver and other passengers about the importance of vehicle safety. The conversation might meander from technical questions...

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