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Harvard Students Block Campus Building Push Fossil Fuel Divestment
2015-04-13 22:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: A group of Harvard University students is calling for the school to sell its investments in fossil fuel companies. Protesters began blocking the entrance to the main administration building Sunday. AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Student activists are demonstrating in Harvard Yard, demanding that the world's wealthiest university sell its shares in big oil and coal companies. From member station WGBH, Kirk Carapezza reports. KIRK CARAPEZZA, BYLINE: Students are blocking the entrance to Massachusetts...
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Harvard feels the heat on fossil-fuel divestment
2015-04-07 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
In These Times: Divestment goes beyond simply sounding the alarm about climate change to naming a culprit: the fossil fuel industry. The goal is not to hurt companies bottom lines--which a loss of shareholders wont readily accomplish--but to shift popular opinion against the fossil fuel industry and, ultimately, remove its social license to operate. "Push back. Use social media, use the Internet.' That was the advice on climate change that former Vice President Al Gore gave to a packed auditorium at South...
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Laurence Tribe Fights Climate Case Against Star Pupil From Harvard, President Obama
2015-04-07 14:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Laurence H. Tribe, the highly regarded liberal scholar of constitutional law, still speaks of President Obama as a proud teacher would of a star student. He was one of the most amazing research assistants Ive ever had, Mr. Tribe said in a recent interview. Mr. Obama worked for him at Harvard Law School, where Mr. Tribe has taught for four decades. Mr. Tribe went on to serve in the Justice Department during Mr. Obamas first term and has argued in favor of the legal standing of Mr. Obamas signature...
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Portlands Community Engagement Liaison Program Recognized as 2015 Harvard Ash Center Bright Idea in Government
2015-02-25 19:48:36| PortlandOnline
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A Smart Sell Decision from a Harvard Man
2015-02-24 20:41:35| IT Services - Topix.net
Thomas Macpherson is one of my favorite authors here on Guru Focus. His articles offer valuable insights into how real world money managers make buy-hold-sell decisions.
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