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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


Last week's ACIR meeting in Guild Lounge. Students expressed concerns at the time over the lack of a trustee decision on Fossil Free Northwestern’s divestment proposal.

Board of Trustees rejects Fossil Free divestment proposal

February 20, 2020

The Investment Committee of the Board of Trustees rejected Fossil Free Northwestern’s divestment proposal calling for the University to divest from any of the top 100 coal and oil and gas companies,...

Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. Georgetown’s Board of Directors voted this month to fully divest its endowment from fossil fuels after years of action from Fossil Free Georgetown.

Fossil Free Georgetown’s success underscores strength of national divestment movement

February 19, 2020

On Feb. 6, Georgetown University’s president announced the school’s Board of Directors had voted to stop investing endowment funds into fossil fuel firms and withdraw existing holdings from those companies. In...

Fossil Free Northwestern gathered in front of Technology Institution this Thursday in an act of protest. It was followed by a teach-in on environmental justice at Seabury Hall.

Fossil Free Northwestern promotes divestment, hosts environmental justice teach-in

February 13, 2020

Battling Thursday’s heavy winds and snow, members of Fossil Free Northwestern conducted a die-in protest in front of the Technological Institute to denounce the University’s financial investments in...

Tuesday’s ACIR meeting in Guild Lounge. Students expressed concerns at the lack of a trustee decision on Fossil Free Northwestern’s divestment proposal.

Students demand timeline on Board divestment decision

February 11, 2020

Students demanded a timeline from the Board of Trustees on its decision regarding Fossil Free Northwestern’s divestment proposal at the Advisory Committee on Investment Responsibility meeting Tuesday. Philip...

Northwestern students protest the university’s fossil fuel investments in 2014. On Jan. 25, Northwestern’s Associated Student Government joined the governing bodies of 13 other Big Ten schools in supporting a resolution calling on their schools to divest from fossil fuels.

ASG signs Big Ten resolution in support of divestment

February 4, 2020

Northwestern’s Associated Student Government joined the 13 other schools in the Big Ten in passing a resolution on Jan. 25 in support of university divestment on fossil fuels at the Association of Big...

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