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Massachusetts divestment movement seeks to capitalize on fossil fuels’ decline
An analysis by MassDivest makes a case for fossil fuel divestment based on financial rather than moral grounds.
education
Student fund managers fuel colleges’ clean energy investments
As colleges and universities divest from fossil fuels, investments in clean energy have not been as quick to catch on, in part because of unpredictable changes in government policy.
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Massachusetts bill would free local retirement systems to divest from fossil fuels
The legislation stems from a 2017 dispute over divestment between state regulators and a city retirement system.
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Divest Ed looks to help fill gap in fossil fuel divestment movement
The Massachusetts program will offer training and other services to student activists across the country.
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Vermont college grapples with student pressure to divest from fossil fuels
The faculty of Middlebury College will vote on Friday on whether to support a student referendum calling for the Vermont school to divest investments in the fossil fuel industry from its more than $1.1 billion endowment.