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Clara Belitz

Clara Belitz is a freshman at Bowdoin College, where more than half the student body has signed a letter endorsing divestment.

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Universities Must End Financial Ties to Climate Denying Fossil-Fuel Giants – Now
There are many compelling reasons for universities to divest themselves of investment in the fossil fuel industry – including and especially the physical and potentially irreversible effects of climate change to which university endowments essentially contribute. But for our colleagues now asking...
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