The Heights

BC Environmental Groups Respond to Harvard Plans for Divestment from Fossil Fuels

Shruthi Sriram and Amy Palmer • September 21, 2021

It would take immense public action, like the storming of protesters at the Harvard–Yale football game, to give divestment the publicity it needs at Boston College, according to Climate Justice at Boston College (CJBC) president Audrey Kang.

BC Republicans President Criticizes Protestors at CJBC Demonstration

Victor Stefanescu • May 27, 2021

The May 7 protest on the Quad centered around student speeches and came after an off-campus protest advertised—but not officially hosted, according to club leaders—by CJBC, was canceled on May 3.

CJBC Signs Complaint To Mass. AG Urging Harvard To Divest

Megan Gentile • March 21, 2021

Harvard University students, faculty, alumni, and community members filed a complaint against the Harvard Corporation on Monday calling for Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey to order Harvard to cease its investments in fossil fuels.

Group Asks Mass. Attorney General to Step In, Order BC to Divest

Victor Stefanescu • December 16, 2020

A group of Boston College alumni, local politicians, environmental advocacy groups, and scientists filed a complaint on Tuesday calling on Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey to order BC to divest from fossil fuels.

Student Groups From 30 Colleges Join in Call for Divestment

Madeleine Romance • September 13, 2020

Climate Justice at Boston College joined with students, various organizations, and alumni from 29 other colleges in the Atlantic Coast and Big Ten conferences to release a joint statement calling for divestment from fossil fuels on Tuesday.

BC Rejects Vatican’s Call for Divestment

Scott Baker • June 25, 2020

BC is rejecting a recent call from the Vatican for Catholics to divest from companies and industries engaged in activities “harmful to human or social ecology” and the environment.

BC Agrees to Conversations With Climate Justice

Scott Baker • March 2, 2020

BC agreed to ongoing discussions with CJBC in response to its protest and list of demands, which called for fossil fuel divestment, among other actions.

BC Should Divest From Fossil Fuels

The Heights Editorial Board • February 24, 2020

The Heights calls on Boston College to divest from fossil fuel companies. Divestment is an opportunity for BC to be an ethical leader among Jesuit and top-40 institutions, and investing in fossil fuels...

Climate Justice Calls for Divestment at Protest

Alexandra Levine • February 21, 2020

Climate Justice Boston College participated in a protest last week calling for divestment, though the University still opposes divesting in fossil fuels.

Canavan Lays Out Goals for UGBC Environmental Committee

Samantha Karl • September 20, 2018

As Kate Canavan, newly appointed chair of the Undergraduate Government of Boston College’s environmental committee, is concentrating on leading her group to an increased presence on campus.

UGBC Calls For Divestment From Fossil Fuels

Samantha Karl • April 4, 2018

The resolution was sponsored by Ellen O’Brien, MCAS ’20; and co-sponsored by Nicholas Stubblefield, MCAS ’20; Kate Canavan, MCAS ’21; Ignacio Fletcher, MCAS ’20; and Samuel Szemerenyi, MCAS ’20.

LTE: CJBC Responds to “With Investment Returns of 13.4 Percent, BC’s Endowment Hits $2.4 Billion”

Letters • October 11, 2017

"While we in Climate Justice at BC (CJBC) support BC’s right to increase our university’s endowment, we fervently believe that investing in fossil fuels is in direct opposition to BC’s Jesuit Catholic values."