Jan 20Harvard Alumni Call for End to Fossil Fuel Research FundingFollowing fossil fuel divestment, alumni call on Harvard to remove research ties to Big Oil and increase transparency. — CAMBRIDGE, MA: One year after Harvard’s historic pledge to divest its endowment from fossil fuel companies, a coalition of Harvard graduates is calling on the university to go further. Concerned about ongoing entanglements with the fossil fuel industry, a new report from Fossil Fuel Divest Harvard Alumni (FFDHA) argues that…Climate Justice5 min readClimate Justice5 min read
Nov 22, 2022Occupation Calls Out Big Oil’s Attacks on Academic FreedomAdministration won’t defend Harvard against Big Oil. So students are stepping up — CAMBRIDGE — This past week, students around the world staged coordinated actions calling for an end to Big Oil’s toxic presence on campus. On Thursday, Harvard students joined the call with an occupation of the university’s main administrative building. …4 min read4 min read
Oct 13, 2022Harvard/MIT Students Shut Down Exxon Recruiting EventA Company that Lies to Young People Shouldn’t be Welcome on Campus, Say Students — CAMBRIDGE — On Wednesday, around 30 members of the Harvard and MIT communities disrupted a recruiting event by ExxonMobil. The presentation, which was held in the offices of the MIT Earth and Planetary Sciences department and advertised to Harvard science students, was intended to convince students to participate in the…5 min read5 min read
Oct 4, 2022Letter to the Presidential Search CommitteeStudents, faculty, and alumni: the next President must be a climate champion — In the wake of President Lawrence Bacow’s decision to step down at the end of the academic year, Harvard University is in the process of searching for its next leader. Earlier this year, the Search Committee issued an open call for input from the Harvard community. Today, student, faculty, and…6 min read6 min read
May 11, 2022Harvard Community: Rubenstein, Recuse or ResignCampaign calls on notorious oil and gas profiteer, university trustee, to stop putting his interests before Harvard’s — CAMBRIDGE — Yesterday, Harvard students rallied with a simple call: Rubenstein, Recuse or Resign. …3 min read3 min read
May 6, 2022Divest Celebrates Victory, Unveils Reinvestment PlatformLast fall, the movement forced Harvard to commit to divestment. Celebrating its historic year, FFDH talks about what’s next — In the fall of 2021, Fossil Fuel Divest Harvard (FFDH) won a ten year campaign to force Harvard, the world’s richest private university, to divest from fossil fuels. …3 min read3 min read
Mar 21, 2022Divest Facilitates Global Call for Fossil-Free Research500+ top academics: Fossil fuel money creates conflicts of interest that hurt us all — Universities around the world are trying to become leaders on climate. But so long as they allow fossil fuel companies to fund climate research, say a group of leading academics, they’re holding themselves back. The call comes in the form of a landmark open letter in which some of the…2 min read2 min read
Mar 2, 2022FFDH Legal Strategy Spreads Around NationStudents at Yale, Stanford, Princeton, MIT, and Vanderbilt Argue that Fossil Fuel Investments Aren’t Just Immoral, but Illegal — Last March, members of the Harvard community helped develop a legal strategy holding that the school’s fossil fuel investments weren’t just immoral, but illegal — a step that played a massive role in forcing the university to divest a few months later. …3 min read3 min read
Nov 13, 2021Students Rally to Call Out Dirty Money at HarvardFollows report finding numerous conflicts of interest in university climate research — CAMBRIDGE, MA: Harvard’s recent commitment to fossil fuel divestment, after ten years of protest, was a historic victory for activists and for the planet. And now, fresh off this win, activists are continuing to hold the university accountable for its fossil fuel entanglements. Earlier this week, a report revealed that…3 min read3 min read
Nov 9, 2021Report: Fossil Fuel Money Puts Harvard Research At RiskCAMBRIDGE, MA: Earlier this semester, activists and the planet scored a historic victory when Harvard University was finally driven to commit to divestment from fossil fuels. But the fight for climate justice at Harvard is far from over. …3 min read3 min read
