The Guardian - Higher Education

MARCH 27, 2023

Sporting a pale blue shirt and Princeton University ID badge, he had his own office on campus, a short stroll from the room where several dozen students were gathered to hear him confidently talk about the challenges in moving away from fossil fuels.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The mandate – which was unanimously passed – calls for sweeping campus-wide measures to tackle the climate crisis that include just transition , total divestment from fossil fuels, disclosure of the university’s financial ties within the private sector and a ban on receiving research funding from the fossil fuel industry.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

The revolutionary system would produce a net-zero fuel that would burn without creating fossil-derived emissions of carbon dioxide, say researchers. The Cambridge project is based on a floating artificial leaf which has been developed at the university and which can turn sunlight, water and carbon dioxide into synthetic fuel.

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UW Presidential Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

That’s why climate change and broader issues of sustainability permeate our teaching, guide our research and fuel our service to the community. On a near-daily basis, the relentless impacts of climate change are on display here and around the world, reshaping lives and ecosystems.

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HEPI

JANUARY 12, 2023

This blog was kindly contributed by Sam Fankhauser, Professor of Climate Economics and Policy at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford. Few decisions by their university exercise students more than the investments they make in fossil fuel companies. C , well above the 1.5-2.0°C Divestment.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

” In today’s media environment, the rhetoric of doom is only a click away. Policies to reduce fossil fuel consumption will improve community health outcomes at a speed and scale that would likely not have occurred without the sense of urgency attending climate policy. It’s Actually Worse Than That.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 19, 2022

In addition, the Great Recession triggered a campus version of the Occupy Wall Street movement, as growing numbers of graduate students and even undergraduates unionized and campus activism intensified, evident in movements to divest from fossil fuels, in unrest among student athletes and fury over campus sexual assaults.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Campaign group calls for institutions to be accountable via short-term assessments after 59% missed goals The majority of UK universities have failed to meet their carbon reduction targets, figures reveal. The sector had a goal to reduce emissions directly controlled by institutions by 43% between 2005-06 and 2020-21. Continue reading.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

“Over all, it would be almost impossible to have a strong return in an environment where both stocks and bonds are dropping,” said John Griffith, an endowment specialist at the investment firm Hirtle Callaghan. Griffith recommended looking at returns over a three- to five-year period.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

APRIL 6, 2023

Environmental law professor Jody Freeman urged to cut ties with ConocoPhillips, which pays her more than $350,000 a year The Harvard environmental law professor at the centre of a conflict-of-interest row lobbied the regulator on behalf of the oil and gas company that pays her more than $350,000 a year, a new investigation can reveal.

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