College Divestment Movement Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Fri, 25 Sep 2015 07:16:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Community Organizations Lead in Divestment from Fossil Fuels https://www.greenoptimistic.com/fossil-fuel-divestment-community-organizations/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/fossil-fuel-divestment-community-organizations/#respond Fri, 25 Sep 2015 07:16:49 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=56756 Several celebrities, schools, and state governments have pledged to pull their investments from fossil fuel companies. Reversing funding for these oil and coal companies is called ‘fossil fuel divestment’, and it’s a movement that started on college campuses. Because of their diligent work, trillions of dollars will be taken back from these purveyors of dirty […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/fossil-fuel-divestment-community-organizations/feed/ 0 56756 College Divestment Movement is Gaining Momentum, Saying NO to Big Oil https://www.greenoptimistic.com/college-divestment-movement-is-gaining-momentum-saying-no-to-big-oil-20130116/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/college-divestment-movement-is-gaining-momentum-saying-no-to-big-oil-20130116/#respond Wed, 16 Jan 2013 07:53:38 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=31490 The College Divestment Movement is gaining momentum and is sending a clear message to oil companies across the United States. The movement is present at 50 universities and is supported by 350.org and The Better Future Project. The latest example of this divestment – the Board of Trustees at Unity College in Maine has voted […]

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