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February 13, 2015

Harvard Students Launch Sit-in for Fossil Fuel Divestment 
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Students at Harvard University are staging a sit-in to demand their
school join the growing list of institutions divesting from fossil
fuels. The campus-led divestment movement calls for purging investment
portfolios of assets tied to companies that drive and profit from global
warming. Harvard's endowment is the largest of any school in the world,
at $36.4 billion. The students launched their sit-in inside a building
housing the offices of school administrators, including President Drew
Fast. Hundreds of actions are expected around the world today and
Saturday as part of Global Divestment Day.

 

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