FOSSIL FUEL DIVESTMENT

NYU appeases pro-Green New Deal student group with fossil fuel divestments

The NYU Board of Trustees sent a letter to a student activist organization, Sunrise NYU, indicating it would fully …

By Emily Fowler '24
Sep 25, 2023

Students push University of Washington to prohibit fossil fuel companies from recruiting on campus

Despite student protests, the University of Washington told Campus Reform that its career center will continue to o…

By Logan Dubil '23
Jan 24, 2023

Student Senate pressures university to reject funding from energy companies

The No Fossil Fuel Money Act urges the university to not accept research funding from fossil fuel companies.

By Alexa Schwerha
Feb 23, 2022

Under pressure from student activists, Harvard divests from fossil fuels

Harvard University will stop investing in ventures related to the use of fossil fuels, the school announced after e…

By Ben Zeisloft
Sep 16, 2021

Utopian dream? UVA student gov wants 'community gardens' instead of fossil fuels

Student government members at the University of Virginia passed legislation endorsing a call for the school to “div…

By Ben Zeisloft
Mar 4, 2021

Nebraska students inspired by Harvard-Yale climate protesters who rushed field, delayed game

After last year's protest against fossil fuel investments at the Harvard-Yale football game, students at the Univer…

By Abigail Streetman '23
Jan 22, 2021

Northwestern climate protesters shut down roadway after being told no

Climate activists at Northwestern University shut down a major intersection after not getting their way with the sc…

By Celine Ryan Ciccio
Mar 9, 2020

UCLA students push university to divest from Israel

If adopted, the university would have to cut ties with Boeing and General Electric.

By Lauren Cooley
Nov 26, 2014