After nearly a decade of resistance, Harvard divests from fossil fuels by Sabrina Shankman
Appeared in The Boston Globe on September 10, 2021
Gina's Thoughts
By resisting calls to divest for the past decade, Harvard recognized that divestment is an empty political statement without any discernible impact on CO2 emission reductions – the apparent driver for divestment. It has taken 10 years for the mighty Harvard to succumb to the multi-million dollar funded fake grass-roots divestment movement. What has happened in the last ten years? Pledges to divest endowment funds from fossil fuels are up. Emissions are up. Global demand for oil and gas is up. It doesn't take a Harvard graduate to see that something doesn't compute.