With reports released this week exposing Harvard University’s enormous carbon footprint, students, alumni, faith leaders, and community members are amplifying their call for the prestigious university to divest from its fossil fuel holdings. Harvard Heat Week, five days of rallies and civil disobedience aimed at pressuring Harvard to pull its investments from the coal, oil, … Continue reading "With University's Carbon Footprint Exposed, Harvard's 'Heat Week' Gets Hotter"

The Obama administration has given conditional approval to Shell to start drilling for oil and gas in the Arctic this summer, dealing a major blow to environmentalists who have sought to protect the vulnerable Beaufort and Chuchki Seas from fossil fuel exploration. “Arctic drilling is climate denial, plain and simple,” Jamie Henn, co-founder of climate … Continue reading "'Climate Denial, Plain and Simple': Feds Approve Shell's Arctic Drilling Plan"

The U.S. has formally removed Cuba from its list of “state sponsors of terror,” the State Department announced on Friday, signaling one more step forward in a renewal of diplomatic relations between the two countries after more than 50 years. Some economic sanctions against the Caribbean nation will remain in place. President Barack Obama announced … Continue reading "'A Step in the Right Direction': US Removes Cuba from Terror List"