For immediate release: 72% of Harvard students vote for fossil fuel divestment! #FossilFree

Press Release: 72% of Harvard Students Vote to Support Fossil Fuel Divestment

350.org 19 Nov '12, 4pm

For immediate release: 72% of Harvard students vote for fossil fuel divestment! #FossilFree

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 19, 2012 Harvard Students Vote to Support Fossil Fuel Divestment First School in Nation to Pass Student Fossil Fuel Divestment Referendum Cambridge, MA —Last Friday night, the Harvard College Undergraduate Council announced that the student body had voted 72% in favor of Harvard University divesting its $30.7 billion endowment from fossil fuels. Members of the Harvard chapter of Students for a Just and Stable Future have been campaigning since September to divest Harvard’s endowment from the top 200 publicly-traded fossil fuel corporations that own the majority of the world’s oil, coal, and gas reserves. Chloe Maxmin, a co-coordinator for Divest Harvard, said that the election results show unprecedented student voice around divestment: “In 1990, 52% of voting students supported complete divestment from apartheid South Africa. Today 72% of vot...

Full article: http://350.org/en/media/harvard-vote

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@chloemaxmin » 20 Nov '12, 2pm
RT @shoshanazuboff: harvard student vote tells university and world: no more bsns as usual in fossil fuel industry! @chloemaxmin @350 [link]
@shoshanazuboff » 20 Nov '12, 5am
harvard student vote tells university and world: no more bsns as usual in fossil fuel industry! @chloemaxmin @350 [link]
@PositivelyJoan » 19 Nov '12, 11pm
RT @PawstinTexas: RT @350 For immediate release: 72% of Harvard students vote for fossil fuel divestment! [link] #FossilFree
@PositivelyJoan » 19 Nov '12, 11pm
RT @globalgreen: Smart! MT @350: 72% of Harvard students vote for fossil fuel divestment! [link] #FossilFree
@PositivelyJoan » 19 Nov '12, 11pm
RT @pinkiedoodlene: hope in the youth “@350: For immediate release: 72% of Harvard students vote for fossil fuel divestment! [link] #FossilFree”
@PedroBravo » 19 Nov '12, 8pm
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@iluvsolar » 19 Nov '12, 6pm
@Gofossilfree @DivestHarvard borrow from anti-apartheid playbook - this could be big! [link]
@feralgeographer » 19 Nov '12, 6pm
UK universities take heed: RT - 72% of Harvard Students Vote to Support Fossil Fuel Divestment [link] via @PlatformLondon @350
@DivestHarvard » 19 Nov '12, 6pm
Thank you @350 for all your support! [link]
@pinkiedoodlene » 19 Nov '12, 6pm
hope in the youth “@350: For immediate release: 72% of Harvard students vote for fossil fuel divestment! [link] #FossilFree”
@Liptay » 19 Nov '12, 6pm
RT @wenstephenson: @DivestHarvard Way to go! Now, time to get my fellow alums on board. Real work to do. @gofossilfree @350 #DoTheMath [link]
@Revkin » 19 Nov '12, 5pm
RT @mikeysandmel: @Revkin RT @350: For immediate release: 72% of Harvard students vote for fossil fuel divestment! [link] #FossilFree
@wenstephenson » 19 Nov '12, 5pm
@DivestHarvard Way to go! Now, time to get my fellow alums on board. Real work to do. @gofossilfree @350 #DoTheMath [link]
@wenstephenson » 19 Nov '12, 5pm
Yes, indeed! MT @philaroneanu: Huge @DivestHarvard win: 72% of students vote to divest from fossil fuels. @gofossilfree [link]
@annagolds » 19 Nov '12, 5pm
RT @philaroneanu: Huge @DivestHarvard win: 72% of students vote to divest from fossil fuels. Time for Harvard to @gofossilfree [link]
@globalgreen » 19 Nov '12, 5pm
Smart! MT @350: 72% of Harvard students vote for fossil fuel divestment! [link] #FossilFree
@mikeysandmel » 19 Nov '12, 5pm
@ezraklein @mattyglesias @drgrist @350: 4 immediate release: 72% of Harvard students vote for fossil fuel divestment! [link]
@mikeysandmel » 19 Nov '12, 5pm
@Revkin RT @350: For immediate release: 72% of Harvard students vote for fossil fuel divestment! [link] #FossilFree
@fischooler » 19 Nov '12, 5pm
RT @neutralized: RT @350: For immediate release: 72% of Harvard students vote for fossil fuel divestment! [link] #FossilFree
@philaroneanu » 19 Nov '12, 5pm
Huge @DivestHarvard win: 72% of students vote to divest from fossil fuels. Time for Harvard to @gofossilfree [link]
@kimoco » 19 Nov '12, 5pm
RT @RL_Miller: this is a BFD. RT @350: For immediate release: 72% of Harvard students vote for fossil fuel divestment! [link] #FossilFree
@matt_anderson » 19 Nov '12, 5pm
RT @duncanwrites: Game on: RT @350: For immediate release: 72% of Harvard students vote for fossil fuel divestment! [link] #FossilFree
@RL_Miller » 19 Nov '12, 5pm
this is a BFD. RT @350: For immediate release: 72% of Harvard students vote for fossil fuel divestment! [link] #FossilFree
@duncanwrites » 19 Nov '12, 4pm
Game on: RT @350: For immediate release: 72% of Harvard students vote for fossil fuel divestment! [link] #FossilFree
@PlatformLondon » 19 Nov '12, 4pm
72% of Harvard Students Vote to Support Fossil Fuel Divestment - Press Release by @350 [link]
@jbeano » 19 Nov '12, 4pm
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@mc_chesney » 19 Nov '12, 4pm
RT @350: For immediate release: 72% of Harvard students vote for fossil fuel divestment! [link] #FossilFree
@YoDanRosen » 19 Nov '12, 4pm
RT: @Agent350 - Big News out of Harvard: 72% of Students Vote on ballot initiative to divest from fossil fuels [link]
@350 » 19 Nov '12, 4pm
For immediate release: 72% of Harvard students vote for fossil fuel divestment! [link] #FossilFree
@Agent350 » 19 Nov '12, 4pm
Big News out of Harvard: 72% of Students Vote on ballot initiative to divest from fossil fuels [link]
@andrew_braun » 19 Nov '12, 4pm
RT @350: For immediate release: 72% of Harvard students vote for fossil fuel divestment! [link] #FossilFree
@Marshall_Genjin » 19 Nov '12, 4pm
RT @350: For immediate release: 72% of Harvard students vote for fossil fuel divestment! [link] #FossilFree
@HymnealaVie » 19 Nov '12, 4pm
RT @350: For immediate release: 72% of Harvard students vote for fossil fuel divestment! [link] #FossilFree
@barbaredrosa » 19 Nov '12, 4pm
RT @350: For immediate release: 72% of Harvard students vote for fossil fuel divestment! [link] #FossilFree