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Sunday, Dec 7, 2025

Opinion


The Setonian

The Economic Case for Fossil Fuel Divestment

Since the fossil fuel divestment movement was conceived in 2011, in a large part at Middlebury, more than 1,000 universities, corporations, pension funds, cities (New York, London, Paris and Stockholm to name a few) and the entire country of Ireland — have committed to divesting more than $6 trillion ...