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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.

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: A Letter On Why Boston College Needs To Reinvest

Letters • November 19, 2015

'At this crucial point in history, BC has an undeniable responsibility and enormous opportunity to act. We should be the leaders we’re called to be.'

LTE: Refusal To Divest Will Harm Future Students

Letters • March 24, 2013

The crisis of planetary climate change is the most significant problem that humans have ever encountered. And we don't have much time to turn things around.

Catholic Identity Requires BC’s Divestment From Fossil Fuels

Letters • March 24, 2013

On March 13, 2013, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergolio, S.J., became the first Jesuit to be elected as head of the Roman Catholic Church.

Divesting Is Overly Simple Response To Complex Issue

The Heights Editorial Board • March 21, 2013

Two documents have emerged related to the increasing call for the divestment of Boston College's endowment from the fossil fuel industry in the past two weeks.