To Fight Climate Change, College Students Take Aim At The Endowment Portfolio - NYTimes.com

To Fight Climate Change, College Students Take Aim At The Endowment Portfolio
SURFSIDE, FL - MARCH 14: Buildings through an underwater camera in the ocean as reports indicate that Miami-Dade County in the future could be one of the most susceptible places when it comes to rising water levels due to global warming on March 14, 2012 in Surfside, Florida. Some cities in the South Florida area are starting to plan for what may be a catastrophic event for the people living within the flooding area.. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
SURFSIDE, FL - MARCH 14: Buildings through an underwater camera in the ocean as reports indicate that Miami-Dade County in the future could be one of the most susceptible places when it comes to rising water levels due to global warming on March 14, 2012 in Surfside, Florida. Some cities in the South Florida area are starting to plan for what may be a catastrophic event for the people living within the flooding area.. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

SWARTHMORE, Pa. — A group of Swarthmore College students is asking the school administration to take a seemingly simple step to combat pollution and climate change: sell off the endowment’s holdings in large fossil fuel companies. For months, they have been getting a simple answer: no.

Bill McKibben, a writer turned advocate for carbon reduction, is on a national tour to build support for the divestment campaign.

As they consider how to ratchet up their campaign, the students suddenly find themselves at the vanguard of a national movement.

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