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Why the fossil fuel divestment movement may ultimately win
2015-07-28 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale 360: Nestled in Vermonts bucolic Champlain valley, Middlebury College is a seedbed of environmental activism. Middlebury students started 350.org, the environmental organization that is fighting climate change and coordinating the global campaign for fossil-fuel divestment. Bill McKibben, the writer and environmentalist who is spearheading the campaign, has taught there since 2001. Yet Middlebury has declined to sell the oil, gas, and coal company holdings in its $1 billion endowment. McKibbens alma...
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