Stanford kicks coal out of its $18 billion endowment

Mongabay
By Jeremy HanceMay 7, 2014, 2:21 pm45 pts
The fossil fuel divestment campaign won a major victory today as Stanford University announced it would drop coal companies from its massive $18.7 billion endowment, the fourth largest of any American university. The action follows a petition by student group Fossil Free Stanford and five months of research by…

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