ExxonKnews
October 25, 2022
Last year, after a decade-long battle against entrenched industry interests, Harvard University finally divested its endowment from fossil fuels. It was a hard-won victory — but for Harvard and the many elite academic institutions that followed suit, the work of cutting ties with fossil fuel companies remains sorely unfinished.
Even after divesting their endowments on the grounds that the fossil fuel industry is continuing to perpetuate and lie about the climate crisis, many academic institutions still allow oil and gas giants to hold on-campus recruiting events, fund their research, sit on their boards, and speak at their events. The result: fossil fuel companies are able to co-opt academia to target the next generation of workers, greenwash their reputations, and shape discourse on the policies that directly affect them.
Now, students, faculty, and alumni are fighting back.
