CDP and student-led campaigns for fossil fuel divestment at Johns Hopkins, the University of New Mexico, and Marquette filed complaints today demanding investigation of continued investment in the fossil fuel sector by school trustees.
President Lawrence Bacow announced last week that Harvard University will no longer hold direct investments in fossil fuel companies and that indirect investments in those companies will be phased out gradually.
The Washington Supreme Court ruled today that George Taylor, a minister and member of Veterans for Peace, presented sufficient evidence to raise the climate necessity defense at his jury trial.
Today we filed a complaint with the Massachusetts Attorney General alleging that Harvard’s investments in fossil fuels violate fiduciary duties governing the management of charitable funds.
