Eco Friendly & Sustainable Living
higher education, Tag
- Is UK science and innovation up for the climate challenge? Mon, 16 Jul 18, 4:05pmThe government has shaken up the UK research system. But fossil fuels, not low-carbon technologies, still seem to be in the driving seat.
- BP chief urges Cambridge University to keep fossil fuel investments Wed, 25 Apr 18, 12:53amBob Dudley faces criticism for calling for university to ‘come to its senses’ over divestment
- Harvard 'pausing' investments in some fossil fuels Fri, 28 Apr 17, 12:33amUniversity stops short of fully divesting its $36bn endowment from coal, oil and gas but green groups welcome the breakthrough after a five-year campaign
- Universities of Newcastle and Southampton join fossil fuel divestment push Wed, 25 May 16, 10:05pmNewcastle University latest to announce it will pursue investment decisions that are compatible with its sustainability values, reports BusinessGreen
- Rowan Williams calls on Cambridge University to divest from fossil fuels Fri, 29 Apr 16, 12:48amFormer archbishop of Canterbury says the university should withdraw its £5.8bn fund from from oil, coal and gas on ethical and financial grounds
- Ministers back down on rule ‘gagging’ scientists Wed, 20 Apr 16, 5:20amBan threatened to stop academics influencing government policy on subjects including energy and climate change
- University of East Anglia abandons ambitious biomass scheme Thu, 3 Mar 16, 10:55pmSources say £10.5m plant intended to burn woodchip to power much of the university has never worked
- Ten UK universities divest from fossil fuels Wed, 11 Nov 15, 2:36amInstitutions with endowments worth £115m are withdrawing their investments from fossil fuels ahead of crunch UN climate talks in Paris
- Five things every student should do for the planet Fri, 9 Oct 15, 8:12pmHow does an individual student in the UK make a meaningful contribution to tackling environmental degradation?
- Can we live more sustainably? The Whole Earth exhibition in pictures Wed, 7 Oct 15, 8:17pmHow can we live better with less? That’s what the Whole Earth exhibition, a partnership between the Hard Rain project and the National Union of Students (NUS), is asking those studying around the world...
- Warwick University students call for closure of BP archive on campus Mon, 5 Oct 15, 2:57amStudent group urges chancellor to shut archive as part of protest against fossil fuels and BP’s ‘insidious’ link to university
- Benefits far outweigh costs of tackling climate change, says LSE study Mon, 13 Jul 15, 9:01amImproved air quality, energy efficiency and energy security, plus falling cost of renewables among extra gains of reducing global emissions, says Fergus Green
- Why the University of Edinburgh must divest from all fossil fuels now | Letter Mon, 25 May 15, 3:08amIt was wrong for American Energy Alliance and ExxonMobil to claim that the oil and coal industries are helping people living in poverty in the global south, and it is wrong for Professor Charlie Jeffery to do so too (Why...
- University of Edinburgh has failed to lead in the fight against climate change | David Johnstone Thu, 14 May 15, 10:11pmIn its cowardly decision not to divest the university has chosen to pander to powerful fossil fuel companies and the funds they provide
- Why the University of Edinburgh will not divest from all fossil fuels Wed, 13 May 15, 2:03amWe will not withdraw investment without prior engagement but will seek to help tackle climate change through research and development with companies in the fossil fuel sector and beyond