{"id":8241,"date":"2016-11-22T16:16:01","date_gmt":"2016-11-22T14:54:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/usa\/16-universities-divest\/"},"modified":"2016-11-22T16:16:01","modified_gmt":"2016-11-22T16:16:01","slug":"16-universities-divest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/usa\/16-universities-divest\/","title":{"rendered":"16 more universities join the divestment movement!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>We have some uplifting news <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8212; today student network\u00a0People &amp; Planet revealed through its <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/peopleandplanet.org\/university-league-2016-tables\">University League<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that <\/span><b>16 more universities <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">have made divestment commitments, bringing the total to 43 &#8211; <\/span><b>a quarter <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of all UK unis!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>This is a huge moment &#8212; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">university commitments have more than doubled this year. It\u2019s a \u00a0remarkable achievement and a testament to the huge power of the student divestment movement. <\/span><b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Join us and celebrate this huge victory for People &amp; Planet and students:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A\/\/www.facebook.com\/FossilFreeUK\/photos\/a.120553451465505.1073741826.116369238550593\/626530044201174\/\">SHARE the news on Facebook<\/a><\/b><\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"display: inline !important;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ctt.ec\/767v1\">TWEET about the win<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>With every new divestment commitment we reaffirm the case that public institutions like universities shouldn&#8217;t be funding an industry destroying our future<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Thanks to the work of tireless organisers, we are really starting to show that the fossil fuel industry is not benign, should not be tolerated &#8212; they need to be kicked out of public life if we want to tackle climate change.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>And this leadership couldn&#8217;t have come at a better moment<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: the election of Trump in the US has left many of us worried about the global rise of an openly racist, misogynist and climate-sceptic politics. It really is up to us to push for solutions to the climate crisis and injustice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>But this win has also strengthened our resolve &#8212; we need to fight harder than ever to turn the tide on the fossil fuel industry, and we\u2019re in a better place than ever to do this.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> There are still divestment campaigns active at universities across the UK, as well as in local communities, faith groups, health organisations and more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gofossilfree.org\/uk\/campaigns\"><b>When we work together and get organised, we can win &#8212; now\u2019s the time to find your local divestment effort and get stuck in.<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s easy to feel defeated at times like this, but it\u2019s crucial we all take up the fight for climate justice, decolonisation and liberation. I<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">n the next few weeks alone we\u2019ll be launching a campaign to divest parliament, making plans to get divestment on the agenda in local elections, and launching an exciting global mobilisation next May. But in the meantime &#8212; let\u2019s keep celebrating the amazing achievements we\u2019ve seen today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Join the celebration &#8212; share the news on <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A\/\/www.facebook.com\/FossilFreeUK\/photos\/a.120553451465505.1073741826.116369238550593\/626530044201174\/\"><b>Facebook<\/b><\/a><b> and <\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/ctt.ec\/767v1\"><b>Twitter<\/b><\/a><b>.<\/b><\/p>\n<h4>Press coverage for the win:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeshighereducation.com\/news\/over-quarter-uk-universities-divest-fossil-fuels\">&#8216;\u2018Over a quarter\u2019 of UK universities divest from fossil fuels&#8217;, Times Higher Education<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/education\/2016\/nov\/22\/universities-green-goals-environmental-targets-people-planet-league\">&#8216;Universities struggle to meet green goals&#8217;, The Guardian<\/a>\u00a0(article on the University League)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2016\/nov\/22\/fossil-fuel-divestment-soars-in-uk-universities\">&#8216;Fossil fuel divestment soars in UK universities&#8217;, The Guardian<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have some uplifting news &#8212; today student network\u00a0People &amp; Planet revealed through its University League that 16 more universities<span class=\"text-cutoff\">&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":147,"featured_media":8242,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[152,82],"tags":[30,230,118],"class_list":["post-8241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-divestment-2","category-uk","tag-divestment","tag-people-planet","tag-university"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/147"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8241\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}