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I was horrified but not shocked to learn that the CEO of ExxonMobil recently spoke at the Boston College Chief Executives Club.
The protest was planned to bring attention to a number of problems at the private, Jesuit university, including administrators’ response to recent reports of vandalism on campus targeting students of color and LGBTQ students, the Climate Justice group’s ongoing push for the university’s complete divestment from fossil fuels and allegations that Leahy mishandled complaints about inappropriate behavior by a priest who worked at the university nearly 23 years ago. The allegations sparked ongoing calls for Leahy to resign. A petition signed by about 560 students, parents and faculty members...
Dunster House at Harvard University. (Jesse Costa/WBUR) Activists from Boston College and Harvard University are making a new argument in their fight agains climate change: Their schools’ fossil fuel investments aren’t just immoral, they’re illegal. Harvard students, alumni and professors on Monday filed a complaint with Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey's office, arguing that the university's fossil fuel investment holdings violate the state’s Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act, which outlines certain “charitable” responsibilities for all non-profit i...
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By Jesse Remedios A coalition of local political leaders, Massachusetts environmental organizations and Boston College alumni filed a complaint December 15 with Massachusetts Attorney General Healy alleging the university's fossil fuel investments violate state law. Subscribe The complainants argue that, as managers of a non-profit educational institution, Boston College's trustees are bound by state law to promote the well-being of students and advance the school's mission of building a just society, according to a copy of the complaint obtained by BU News Service. But investing in the fossi...