Campus Divestment Fight Resonates in the East

"Five weeks into a full-court press, a quixotic campaign to persuade universities to rid their endowments of stock in fossil fuel companies seems to be striking the deepest chord on campuses in the Northeast, organizers report.

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Some of the groups have made gains earlier than they had expected.

Unity College in Maine, a small institution with an enrollment of just 578, responded in November by adopting a policy of working with its investment firm to minimize all holdings in coal, oil and gas stocks, for example."

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/12/campus-divestment-fight-resonates-in-the-east/