Fossil Free USA
YOUNG PEOPLE > FOSSIL FUELS.
In the spring of 2015, students turned up the heat on fossil fuel. divestment.
“Everywhere you look, divestment sit-ins, protests, and rallies are sweeping across campuses.”
This spring, we’ve seen incredible momentum in students launching a wave of escalated action, urging universities to divest from the companies driving the climate crisis and reinvest in just solutions.
They drew a line between the fossil fuel industry and the fossil fuel resistance — led by young people, indigenous people, and people breathing the impossible air in frontline communities. They asked their universities: Whose side are you on?
Want to dive in a bit deeper and learn more about how students turned up the heat? Check out the recording of our celebratory web workshop below.
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Headlines & News Coverage
Next Phase for the Fossil Fuel Divestment Movement? Escalation Common Dreams Harvard’s Star Alumni Urge Week of Protests on Fossil Fuels Bloomberg North Carolina’s Brevard College First in the Southeast to Divest Huffington Post This Is a Timed Test Slate Bowdoin Students Stage Sit-in Over Fossil Fuel Divestment MPBR Until universities divest from fossil fuels they will undermine all they stand for The Guardian With Sit-Ins Around Country, Students Escalate ‘Divestment Spring’ Common Dreams Divestment, Justice, and Vision: In Praise of a New Generation of Climate Leaders Common Dreams Lead, Don’t Follow on Climate Justice BillMoyers.com Students Push for Fossil-Fuel Divestment Nationwide, With Mixed Results NBC
Students occupy Swarthmore College in fossil fuel divestment protest The Guardian UN climate chief joins alumni calling on Swarthmore to divest from fossil fuels The Guardian Universities face rising pressure on divestment University World News Students Conduct Fossil Fuel-Focused Sit-In at University of Mary Washington WVTF 19 Cited, Fined At Protest Over Yale Fossil Fuel Investments WNPR Tulane protesters ask president Michael Fitts: ‘Whose side are you on?’ NOLA.com CU-Boulder students camp out to draw attention to fossil-fuel divestment movement Daily Caller Divest From Fossil Fuels Movement Explodes Across the U.S. EcoWatch After arrests, Divest UMW group vows to demonstrate Fredericksburg.com Backwards and Shameful’: Swarthmore College Refuses to Divest from Fossil Fuels Common Dreams