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Excellent presentation...Senator Whitehouse is on it and looking very Presidential IMHO.
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/03/04/3361911/harvard-president-faust-fossil-fuel/
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Exclusive: Harvard President Faust Says Fossil Fuel Companies Are Not Blocking Clean Energy
BY JOE ROMM ON MARCH 4, 2014 AT 5:32 PM
Climate Progress has obtained exclusive video of Harvard President Drew Faust offering a less-than-convincing defense of her decision not to divest the University of fossil fuel investments.
Back in October, Faust released a letter explaining why Harvard would not divest. Her reasoning was thoroughly debunked at the time.
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The oil, gas, and coal industries have spent over $2 billion lobbying Congress since 1999. In 2009 alone, the oil and gas industry “unleashed a fury of lobbying expenditures” against climate legislation, “spending $175 million — easily an industry record — and outpacing the pro-environmental groups by nearly eight-fold, according to a Center for Responsive Politics analysis.”
Indeed, the fossil fuel industry is not content these days to merely block new legislation to advance clean energy. They are working in a numerous states to roll back existing clean energy standards.
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Exclusive: Harvard President Faust Says Fossil Fuel Companies Are Not Blocking Clean Energy
BY JOE ROMM ON MARCH 4, 2014 AT 5:32 PM
Climate Progress has obtained exclusive video of Harvard President Drew Faust offering a less-than-convincing defense of her decision not to divest the University of fossil fuel investments.
Back in October, Faust released a letter explaining why Harvard would not divest. Her reasoning was thoroughly debunked at the time.
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The oil, gas, and coal industries have spent over $2 billion lobbying Congress since 1999. In 2009 alone, the oil and gas industry “unleashed a fury of lobbying expenditures” against climate legislation, “spending $175 million — easily an industry record — and outpacing the pro-environmental groups by nearly eight-fold, according to a Center for Responsive Politics analysis.”
Indeed, the fossil fuel industry is not content these days to merely block new legislation to advance clean energy. They are working in a numerous states to roll back existing clean energy standards.
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Bill McKibben ?@billmckibben Mar 4
Norwegian moves toward divestment galvanizing anti fossil fuel movement: FT
Norwegian moves toward divestment galvanizing anti fossil fuel movement: FT
Norway spurs rethink on fossil fuel companies - FT.com
Norway’s decision to set up an expert group to see if its $840bn oil fund should stop investing in fossil fuel companies has triggered a wave of speculation since it was announced last week. If the...
