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Welcome to the Greenhouse: Boston University has announced divestment from fossil fuels

Fiona Broadie October 1, 2021
BU's long-awaited decision to divest from fossil fuels should not be the end of student advocacy.
students demonstrate for divestment at boston universities

BU’s Advisory Committee on Socially Responsible Investing reconsiders steps toward fossil fuel divestment

Katarzyna Jezak March 2, 2021
Boston University’s Advisory Committee on Socially Responsible Investing is currently conducting a five-year consideration of fossil fuel divestment to make a recommendation to the board of trustees, which endorsed a review of policies in 2016.
Boston University Student Government discusses Divest BU endorsement proposal

StuGov discusses BU’s divestment from fossil fuels, election updates in weekly meeting

Anna Vidergar March 2, 2021
Boston University Student Government committed to endorsing Divest BU in a Zoom meeting Monday night.
Divest BU launches a campaign Thursday asking alumni to withhold donations to the university until it divests from the fossil fuel industry. PHOTO BY CARRIE SHEEHAN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Divest BU asks alumni to withhold donations to university

Andres Picon May 20, 2017

Divest BU is asking Boston University alumni to withhold their donations from BU until the school completely divests from the fossil fuel industry, according to the social media campaign the group...

DivestBU held a rally at Marsh Plaza Tuesday with the goal of encouraging Boston University to divest from fossil fuels. PHOTO BY MADISON GOLDMAN/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

OP-ED: Divestment will only occur if students demand it

Editors September 13, 2016

Op-Eds do not reflect the editorial opinion of The Daily Free Press. They are solely the opinion of the author. Change starts from the bottom. Those at the top have the responsibility to make certain...

Three panelists discuss the pros and cons of divesting from fossil fuels at a public forum in the George Sherman Union Conference Auditorium in late February. The BU community’s efforts were rewarded Friday by the Advisory Committee on Socially Responsible Investing. PHOTO BY BRIAN SONG/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Fossil fuel divestment advocates see results in ACSRI’s recommendation

Grace Li April 22, 2016

Many Boston University students as well as faculty and staff members have been active advocates for BU to divest from fossil fuels over the recent years. Advocacy efforts led the Advisory Committee...

OP-ED: BU Board of Trustees should vote in favor of ACSRI recommendation of fossil fuel divestment

OP-ED: BU Board of Trustees should vote in favor of ACSRI recommendation of fossil fuel divestment

Editors April 20, 2016

Op-Eds do not reflect the editorial opinion of The Daily Free Press. They are solely the opinion of the author. On Wednesday, the Advisory Committee on Socially Responsible Investing (ACSRI) [publicly]...

As part of the Advisory Committee on Socially Responsible Investing email blast, members of DivestBU posted an email template to Facebook and invited individuals to email Richard Reidy, chair of the ACSRI committee, in support of efforts for BU to divest from fossil fuel. ILLUSTRATION BY SARAH SILBIGER/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Divest BU invites students to “email blast” divestment demands

Sekar Krisnauli April 8, 2016

Divest BU, a Boston University organization comprised of students and faculty members advocating for fossil fuel divestment, invited students to speak up for divestment by sending a uniformed email...

Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the the Study of the Longer-Range Future and Professor Anthony Janetos speaks during the Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Forum at the George Sherman Union Tuesday. PHOTO BY ANN SINGER/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Scholars explore facets of climate change, divestment debate

Caroline Lord December 2, 2015

Boston University has achieved its energy-related goals because the Northeast region has become greener, moving away from coal and toward natural gas, Anthony Janetos, director of the Frederick S. Pardee...

Anthony Janetos, director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, speaks during a forum with the Board of Trustees Advisory Committee on Socially Responsible Investing Tuesday at the Trustee Center Ballroom. PHOTO BY MARY SCHLICHTE/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

ACSRI forum speaker examines broad implications of climate change

Keri McAlpine April 29, 2015

Anthony Janetos, director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future at Boston University, spoke Tuesday night about climate change at a forum hosted by the Board of Trustees’...

Urban revitalization specialist Majora Carter speaks at “Home(town) Security: A Talk About Urban Revitalization and Sustainability” in the George Sherman Union Thursday, the second panel hosted by the Board of Trustees Advisory Committee on Socially Responsible Investing. PHOTO BY BETSEY GOLDWASSER/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Urban revitalization specialist talks about community projects, development

Keri McAlpine April 24, 2015

Majora Carter, an urban revitalization specialist and Peabody Award-winning public radio host, spoke at Boston University Thursday as part of the community forums hosted by the BU Board of Trustees’...

Ben Thompson, a second-year student in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and a graduate representative for ACSRI, Claire Richer, an undergraduate representative (CAS ’15), and Garrett Moore, an undergraduate representative (ENG ’15) host a town hall meeting about fossil fuel divestment in the Boston University Photonics Center Wednesday. PHOTO BY DANIEL GUAN/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

ACSRI members host town hall meeting about fossil fuel divestment

Monika Nayak April 16, 2015

Three members of the Advisory Committee on Socially Responsible Investing of the Boston University Board of Trustees hosted a town-hall-style open forum Wednesday, inviting BU students and community...

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