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3 Reasons Universities Are Investing Renewable Energy

3 Reasons Universities Are Investing Renewable Energy

Colleges and universities have always been focal points of change. The mixture of academic research, student activism and institutional clout has allowed campus communities to promote widespread technical and social transformations. During the last few years, a few of these institutions have begun to lead in an entirely new area—renewable energy. Just last September, the […]

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    Stanford Student Movement Inspires University’s $18.7 Billion Divestment From Coal

    Stanford Student Movement Inspires University’s $18.7 Billion Divestment From Coal

    If there’s any investment that could potentially cause “substantial social injury,” it’s coal-fired energy. A large-scale student campaign helped Stanford University’s board of trustees realize as much, leading to this week’s decision for the institution to divest its $18.7 billion endowment from coal stock.  Stanford University’s 43-year-old Statement on Investment Responsibility instructs the board of trustees to […]

    Breaking: 7 Washington University Students Arrested Protesting Peabody Coal

    Breaking: 7 Washington University Students Arrested Protesting Peabody Coal

    On the heels of an earlier arrest of a student at a growing divestment blockade at Harvard University, seven Washington University students were arrested today in St. Louis, as they sought to enter the quarterly meeting of the Board of Trustees. Today’s action followed a historic 17-day sit-in at the St. Louis campus, where hundreds of Washington University students have joined in a […]

    Students Applaud University of Cincinnati for Commitment to Move Beyond Coal

    Students Applaud University of Cincinnati for Commitment to Move Beyond Coal

    This week the University of Cincinnati (UC)—a leader in campus sustainability—announced that it plans to completely replace coal as a fuel for electricity within the year. The university currently uses 90 percent less coal to power its campus than it did in 2011. The administration’s motivation for the change came from a student movement, part […]

    28 College Teams to Compete in Sustainable Home Design Challenge

    28 College Teams to Compete in Sustainable Home Design Challenge

    It’s time for college students in the U.S. and Canada to show their sustainable homebuilding skills. Twenty-eight teams are embarking on Golden, CO this weekend to take part in the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Challenge Home Student Design Competition. Before a panel of industry experts gathered at the DOE’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the teams […]

    Wash U Sit-In Enters Historic 3rd Week: Peabody Moment of Truth Arrives

    Wash U Sit-In Enters Historic 3rd Week: Peabody Moment of Truth Arrives

    In an emerging public relations nightmare for Washington University officials, the sit-in against Peabody Energy ties entered a historic third week, as students continued to press demands after a faltering statement released yesterday by Chancellor Mark Wrighton. “We want to make it clear that we are not satisfied with this statement,” the Wash U Students Against Peabody countered. “We plan to […]

    Students Rally for Fossil Fuel Divestment at Ohio State University

    Students Rally for Fossil Fuel Divestment at Ohio State University

    Students for Environmental Action, an Ohio State University (OSU) student organization, rallied last week to encourage the university to divest from harmful fossil fuels. The campaign is part of a nationwide divestment movement that has spread to more than 300 colleges and universities across the country. “As one of the top universities in the country, OSU is […]