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Vol. CLIV, Issue 6
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Letter from Divestment Movement to Whitman Board of Trustees

Shelly Le April 10, 2014
Members of the Divest Whitman formally respond to the Whitman College Board of Trustees' decision to not divest the college's investments from fossil fuel companies.

Board of Trustees States College Will Not Divest from Fossil Fuel Companies

Shelly Le February 8, 2014

A little more than a year after various student and faculty discussions began regarding Whitman's divestment against fossil fuels, the Whitman Board of Trustees released an official statement on the movement...

Divest Whitman Hopes Personal Letters Lead to Public Response

Divest Whitman Hopes Personal Letters Lead to Public Response

Lane Barton February 6, 2014
Since ASWC passed a resolution last spring calling for a committee to look into the possibility of divestment, no official response from the college has been given. In response, Divest Whitman turned to the letters as a new, untried method of communication between students, alumni and the administration.

Do Not Remain Silent on Divestment

October 23, 2013
“The outcome of the stigmatization process, which the fossil fuel divestment campaign has triggered, poses the most far-reaching threat to fossil fuel companies and the vast energy value chain.” Those are the words of a new report, released on Oct. 8 by Oxford University. The report adds to the growing body of research on the fossil fuel divestment movement, a movement which hit Whitman earlier this year in January.
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