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Empowering Young Leaders to Solve the World’s Energy Challenges: Insights From Nine Business Case Studies Highlight Paths to a Sustainable Future

James Militzer

In retrospect, how should the VW CEO have reacted to the news from the EPA? The University of Michigan Endowment Fund: Divesting from Fossil Fuels (Published 9.9.2020) In September 2019, there were climate change strikes at the University of Michigan.

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Here’s What Oil and Gas Companies Should Know About the Transition Risk Landscape

3BL Media

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has introduced the most stringent emissions standards to date for heavy-duty vehicles, further reducing fossil fuel demand. Public criticism of new exploration projects and oil and gas operations generally are growing more common – divestment campaigns being one example.

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Advancing Climate Justice Priorities Over Profit-Led Research

Stanford Social Innovation

For sustainable tech to be possible, funders, including investors, philanthropists, and foundations, must develop a two-pronged approach of intentional investments in those leading justice-centered approaches to technological and economic transitions and informed divestments from extractive and fossil-fuel-dependent systems and enterprises.

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Despite the Headlines, 2021 Was A Year Full of Environmental Victories

Richard Matthews

The fossil fuels divestment movement continues to grow and as indicated in a recent report by DivestInvest, 1,500 investment institutions, responsible for $39.2 trillion in assets, have committed to divest. Student divestment movements have succeeded in removing fossil fuels from a number of universities in 2021.