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Harvard faces court over fossil fuel divestment
2015-02-20 15:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Harvard, the worlds richest university, is set to appear in court over calls to divest from fossil fuels, Harvard is asking the court to dismiss the case against it. A group of students filed a lawsuit against Harvard for mismanagement of charitable funds. The suit, filed by seven students, argues that fossil fuel investments are damaging to the universitys reputation and its students future prospects. The group also accuses Harvard of putting profit ahead of the threats that climate change...
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Divest Harvard Campaign Heats Up
2015-02-19 21:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Student movements urging their colleges and universities to divest their endowments from investments in fossil fuels have been spreading across the U.S. and abroad. Hampshire College in Massachusetts, Vermonts Goddard University, University of Maine system, University of Dayton (Ohio), the University of Glasgow (UK) and Stanford University are among the more than two dozen that have taken the step.
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Harvard is Buying Up Vineyards in Drought-Ridden California Wine Country
2015-02-13 22:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mother Jones: I recently wrote a piece about growing interest in California farmland by massive investment funds. But almonds and other tree nuts, the main focus of my article, aren't the only commodities drawing interest from the smart-money crowd. From what I can tell, a successful California farmland investment requires these two conditions: 1) a sought-after commodity, preferably one with a booming export market; and 2) access to water for irrigation--increasingly important as California's drought lurches...
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Harvard hybrid bionic leaf converts solar energy to liquid fuel isopropanol
2015-02-10 12:55:30| Green Car Congress
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Methane leaks from gas pipelines far exceed official estimates, Harvard study finds
2015-01-29 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: Methane is leaking from natural gas infrastructure in Boston and the surrounding region at rates two to three times higher than government estimates, scientists at Harvard University and other institutions found. Published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences last week, the researchers' paper is the first peer-reviewed study that quantifies emissions of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, from natural gas installations in urban areas--including pipelines, storage terminals...
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