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Rebecca Rockefeller Lambert and Peter Gill Case launched their fund Thursday They are great-great-grandchildren of John D. Rockefeller, who died in 1937  John D. Rockefeller opened his first oil refinery in Cleveland in 1863 Within decades Standard Oil controlled 90% of U.S. petroleum production The Supreme Court split up Standard Oil in 1911 and the family control ended Yet when John D. Rockefeller died he was the richest man in the world Since 2003 his heirs have been challenging Standard Oil's offshoots, like Exxon Some of the 270-odd descendants disagree with taking on fossil fuels 

Print Two great-great-grandchildren of Standard Oil Co. founder John D. Rockefeller Sr. are pouring millions of dollars into an effort aimed at supporting people on the front lines fighting new oil and gas development. Rebecca Rockefeller Lambert and Peter Gill Case have created the “Equation Campaign” and pledged a combined $30 million of their personal wealth to the effort. Another $5 million was pledged by other sources so far, with an ultimate goal of raising $100 million. The name of the effort comes from the idea that reducing demand for fossil fuels is only half of the “equation�...

© Getty Images Rebecca Rockefeller Lambert and Peter Gill Case, two heirs to the Rockefeller family’s oil fortune, have pledged a total of $30 million in support of an effort that aims to combat new fossil fuel development. The 10-year funding initiative, the Equation Campaign, derived its name from what Lambert and Case called the “missing piece of the equation” in addition to supporting the transition to renewable energy. The other half, they wrote, involves actively working against natural gas and oil extraction on the ground by supporting local activist movements. “This includes ...

MyCentralJersey.com Olivia Quiroga of Berkeley Heights, a senior at Mount Saint Mary Academy in Watchung, has received a full scholarship from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. Dana Goad, Quiroga's school counselor, said, “The Cornelius Vanderbilt Scholarship is a prestigious scholarship, selecting applicants who can bring both intellectual and community leadership to the entire campus community. Approximately 1 percent of freshman applicants are offered the scholarship. Selected applicants have achieved stellar academic records as well as impressive extracurricular activities ...