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Divestment

Harvard Board Member Resigns in Protest Over School's Investments in 'Pernicious Activities,' Including Fossil Fuels

Students, faculty, alumni, and community members take part in the final rally of "Harvard Heat Week" on April 17th, 2015. (Photo: 350 .org/flickr/cc)

Targeting Shareholders Meeting, Protesters Say 'Time Is Up for Wells Fargo's Shady Dealings'

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

At the bank's annual gathering in Des Moines, a coalition of progressive community organizations demanded divestment from fossil fuels, private prisons, and the gun industry

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'Incredible' News as Banking Giant HSBC Ditches New Coal, Tar Sands, and Offshore Arctic Drilling Projects

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

Climate groups applauded HSBC's announcement that it is moving away from fossil fuels. (Photo: ItzaFineDay/flickr/cc)

The development is "yet another signal to Donald Trump and the rest of the...

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'Tide Is Turning': Cheers Erupt for NYC's Fossil Fuel Lawsuit and Divestment

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

"We are taking the largest action by any city to confront the growing climate...

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As Big Banks Meet, #DivestTheGlobe Demands Rejection of Fossil Fuel's Dead End

Biggest Banks Fueling Climate Disaster With Billions Poured Into 'Extreme Fossil Fuels'

If Trump Dumps Paris, Says Naomi Klein: "Time for Some People's Sanctions"

A child takes part in a Global Divestment Mobilisation (GDM) action in Davao, Philippines.

US Bank to Stop Funding Pipelines as Divestment Movement Expands Worldwide

In Face of Government Apathy, Activists Launch Wave of Global Divestment Actions

Keystone XL Opponents Target Banks Funding Climate Destruction

As Trump Attacks Science, Ireland Takes Step to Divest From Fossil Fuels

'Only the Beginning': Nationwide Campus Walkouts Issue Climate Call to #ResistRejectDenial

An 'Undeniable Success': Divestment From Fossil Fuels Passes $5 Trillion

World Medical Association: We Know the Health Risks of Fossil Fuels. Divest.

Remembering Sandy's Wrath, New Yorkers Demand Massive Fossil Fuel Divestment

US Banks Top Cluster Bomb Investment 'Hall of Shame': Report

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Food & Water Watch

Cuomo's Energy Plan Fails to Meet Climate Challenge...

350.org

As 1000+ Institutions Divest, New York State Comptroller DiNapoli Keeps Negotiating With ExxonMobil

Friends of the Earth Scotland

1,000 Organisations End Investment in Fossil Fuel Companies

350.org

Landmark Fossil Fuel “Divestment” Reached

Friends of the Earth

New Report Confirms BlackRock’s Big Fossil Fuel Problem

Climate Works for All

Climate Works for All Coalition Rallies Behind Breakthrough Bill on Climate, Jobs and Justice that Sets the Standard for the Nation

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Jeremy Brecher, Joe Uehlein

12 Reasons Labor Should Demand a Green New Deal

Alycee Lane

Climate Activists Must Organize Like It’s 2099

Richard Smith

An Ecosocialist Path to Limiting Global Temperature Rise to 1.5°C

Oscar Reyes

Want to Save the Climate? Break Up the Big Banks

Shaye Wolf

If We Don’t Stop Digging Up Fossil Fuels, Who Will Die?

Danielle Fugere

Oil & Gas Companies Fail to Reign in Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Investors Must Demand Paris Compliant Plan

Brett Fleishman

HSBC Divests From New Coal Projects Everywhere... Except Bangladesh, Indonesia, and Vietnam

Hannah McKinnon

Ready, Set, Go!

Sylvia Chi

Why Are More Cities Divesting From Big Oil? It’s Moral—and Practical

Medea Benjamin, Elliot Swain

As Congress Feeds the Merchants of Death, the People Must Divest

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