Last 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. …

500+ 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…

Students 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. Now, the legal movement is spreading, with students…

Follows 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…

CAMBRIDGE, 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. …

Students Got Harvard to Divest. Now, the Movement is Showing Harvard How to Rise to the Challenge of the Future — In September of 2021, following a decade of campaigning by students, faculty, and alums, Harvard University committed to divestment from the fossil fuel industry. For a university that had time and time again publicly embraced the fossil fuel industry and its vision for the future, it was a major reversal…

It is with great pride and joy that Fossil Fuel Divest Harvard celebrates a momentous victory for our community, the climate and divestment movement, and our planet. After nearly a decade of organizing by students, faculty, alumni, and community members, we have succeeded in pushing one of the world’s richest…

In first in-person action of the year, students and alums call for Harvard to turn the tide and end its climate inaction — CAMBRIDGE — While students were moving into their dorms, numerous climate disasters such as Hurricane Ida were wreaking havoc across the world, including in the hometowns of Harvard’s community members. With the ensuing trauma and hardship, many students are increasingly unable to leave disasters behind when they enter Harvard’s gates…

Caleb Schwartz ’20 to support alumni efforts to end Harvard’s immoral and illegal investments — CAMBRIDGE, MA— Fossil Fuel Divest Harvard is proud to announce the hiring of Caleb Schwartz (College ’20) as an alumni fossil fuel divestment organizer. …