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Mayor Bloomberg to Harvard Grads: 'Do Not Follow the Crowd'
2014-05-30 05:17:49| IT Services - Topix.net
Michael Bloomberg listened as Aretha Franklin performed "The National Anthem" at Harvard commencement in the Tercentenary Theatre of Harvard Yard.
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Harvard divestment group block hall entrance and call for a meeting on fossil fuels investment
2014-05-02 11:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Students who launched the Divest Harvards Day of Action have blocked the entrance of the schools administration offices and called for a meeting with the president and the board of the university to discuss divesting from fossil fuels. The protest was set up with the aim of obtaining a meeting with Harvard trustees and president Drew Faust, in order to discuss the schools involvement with fossil fuels companies. Students have long been campaigning for the school to divest from these firms,...
MIT and Harvard team develop material that stores suns heat
2014-04-13 19:30:14| Green Car Congress
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Harvard academics rally for ethically responsible fossil fuels divestment
2014-04-11 11:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Ninety-three professors from Harvard University have signed an open letter that labels its presidents attitude towards climate change as contradictory and argues that divesting from fossil fuels is an act of ethical responsibility. The letter comes after president Drew Faust announced a new climate strategy for the university and revealed that it had signed up to the UN-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) and the CDP, formerly the Carbon Disclosure Project. The signatories...
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Heeding Pressure From Activists, Harvard Pledges To Take Climate Change More Seriously
2014-04-09 15:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ThinkProgress: After mounting pressure from both students and the public, Harvard on Monday announced that it will heed calls to take climate change more seriously. In a release on its website, Harvard President Drew Faust said the prestigious Ivy League school would become the first American university to pledge, via a United Nations-backed program, to make more environmentally responsible and sustainable investments. The program, called the Principles for Responsible Investment, will guide the investment decisions...
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