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Climate divestment at Harvard: what activists will do now

Climate divestment at Harvard: what activists will do now

The climate divestment movement has been extremely successful. It’s also attracting new enemies.
The climate advocates who refuse to divest from big oil
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The climate advocates who refuse to divest from big oil

As Harvard sheds its fossil fuel investments, some argue it's dangerous to limit leverage over oil and gas companies.

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Kim Heacox: The climate is boiling. Why has Harvard still not fully divested from fossil fuels yet?

At $42bn, the Harvard endowment exceeds the combined monetary value of many small countries. But it stubbornly refuses to speed up divestment.

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Are ‘Heat pumps’ the answer to heat waves? Some cities think so

Electric heat pumps are a way to cool and heat homes at a much lower carbon cost than traditional air-conditioners and furnaces.
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E.P.A. to review rules on soot linked to deaths, which Trump declined to tighten

The Biden administration says it will consider tougher limits on a deadly air pollutant that disproportionately affects low-income and minority communities.
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Test flight for sunlight-blocking research is canceled

A test flight for researching ways to cool Earth by blocking sunlight will not take place as planned in Sweden this June, following objections from environmentalists, scientists and Indigenous groups there.

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How 'clean coal' affected a Pennsylvania town

Barbara Szalai wasn’t worried about moving upriver from a coal plant. Then sticky black dust started coating her home, and the headaches and allergies began.
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