Scientists say there's a lot we can still do to slow the speed of climate change. But when it comes to "climate solutions", some are real, and some aren't, says Naomi Oreskes, historian of science at Harvard University.
Harvard University's endowment, currently valued at a jaw-dropping $50.9 billion, has been the largest among academic institutions for more than 35 years. But the University of Texas is nipping at its heels.
Student-led campaigns at Princeton, Yale, Stanford, MIT and Vanderbilt filed complaints Wednesday with state attorneys general in a coordinated effort to compel universities to divest from the fossil fuel industry.
Harvard Management Company, which oversees the university’s $41.9 billion endowment, will allow its existing investments in several private equity funds with fossil fuel holdings to expire, President Lawrence Bacow said in an e-mail to the university community.
The Biden administration says it will consider tougher limits on a deadly air pollutant that disproportionately affects low-income and minority communities.
