The Rockefeller Brothers Fund announced their decision to join the divestment movement last week, pledging to sell assets tied to fossil fuel companies from their portfolios and to continue investing ...

Green Mountain College today announced that it is divesting its $3.1 million endowment from fossil fuel companies, making the Poultney liberal arts school the fifth college in the nation — and the ...

SWARTHMORE, Pa. (AP) -- Student activists at more than 200 colleges are trying a new tactic in hopes of slowing the pace of climate change: They are asking their schools to stop investing in fossil ...

You value independent local news, so become a sustainer today to power our newsroom. Listen 4:40 In the past few years, students at hundreds of colleges and universities have started pushing their ...

Environmental activist Bill McKibben’s latest campaign to lead colleges, foundations and churches to divest their fortunes from fossil fuel companies is catching on like wildfire. McKibben’s “Do the ...

A group of protesters known as the “Climate Lamentors” stand in front of the CalPERS board of administration during an investment committee meeting on Monday, Nov. 17, urging the board to divest from ...