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university fossil fuel divestment

Politics

POV: Why BU Should Divest from Fossil Fuel Companies

November 18, 2014

South Africa is one place where anti-shark netting has been widely deployed. Photo by Stuart Philpott / Alamy Stock Photo

Environment & Ecology

The Future, Buried in the Deep

November 17, 2014

Richard Murray, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences, Ryuji Tada, University of Tokyo, JOIDES Resolution, sediment core drilling, sedimentology, climate science

Earth

The Future, Buried in the Deep

October 14, 2014

Boston University BU, College of Arts and Sciences CAS, Pam Templer, climate change research, forests, biology

Climate Change

Wiring the Woods

October 7, 2014

Boston University BU, study abroad, Venice, Italy, environmental biology science, ecology

Students

Lessons from Venice

September 11, 2014

Boston University faculty fossil fuel divestment petition

Earth

BU Faculty Petition Urges Divestment from Fossil Fuel Companies

September 10, 2014

Dennis Carlberg, Boston University director of sustainability, Sustainability@BU, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, Carbon Cup, Greenovate Boston, climate change, carbon dioxide emissions reduction target

Earth

Boston Awards BU a Carbon Cup

June 11, 2014

Catherine West, professor of archaeology, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences, CAS, climate change research, Chirikof Island, Kodiak Archipelago, climate change

Research

What Ancient Dinners Tell Us about Climate Change

January 23, 2014

human caused climate change, carbon dioxide emissions, Montreal Protocol, CFC, hole in ozone layer, Pierre Perron, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences, CAS, professor of economics

Earth

Montreal Protocol Has Slowed Global Warming

December 17, 2013

philippines typhoon 2013, climate change, richard murray, boston university college of arts and sciences, CAS

Ecology

POV: Is Philippines Typhoon the New Normal?

December 3, 2013

Boston University, Sustainable Neighborhood Lab, SNL, energy conservation, Madison Park Village, Roxbury, MA, Massachusetts, sustainability programs in Boston

Climate Change

BU Profs Take Energy Conservation from Lecture Hall to Real Life

November 5, 2013

Divest BU, green delta fossil fuel divestment pin, Boston University student groups organizations, college and university campus fossil fuel divestment movement, divest university endowments from fossil fuel investments

University News

DivestBU Pushes for Green Endowment

April 5, 2013

Ian Sue Wing, Johannes Schmieder, Richard Murray, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences CAS, Department of Earth and Environment, human induced climate change, economic growth, mitigating climate change, carbon dioxide stabilization policy, environmental policy, environmental economics, carbon dioxide CO2 emissions, greenhouse gas emissions, global warming

Sustainability

The Climate Crisis: Your Job or Your Planet?

March 29, 2013

Dr. Cutler Cleveland, renewable energy, sustainable energy development, energy transitions, fossil fuels, Boston University climate change research, human induced climate change, global warming, carbon dioxide emissions, CO2 emissions, greenhouse gas emissions

Sustainability

The Climate Crisis: Breaking the Fossil Fuel Habit

March 28, 2013

Boston carbon metabolism, ULTRA-Ex Urban Long-Term Research Area Exploratory project, Lucy Hutyra, Nathan Phillips, Mark Friedl, Curtis Woodcock, Boston University, climate change research, carbon dioxide emissions, CO2 emissions, greenhouse gas emissions, carbon storage, climate change, global warming

Science & Technology

The Climate Crisis: Measuring Boston’s Metabolism

March 27, 2013

Ranga Myneni, phenological effects of climate change, seasonal temperature, vegetation, climate change, global warming, human induced climate change, International Panel on Climate Change, IPCC, Boston University, BU

Research

The Climate Crisis: Tracking Change, Predicting Trouble

March 26, 2013

Bruce Anderson, climate change research, global ocean warming, causes of climate change global warming, human caused climate change global warming, climate change hypotheses hypothesis

Ecology

The Climate Crisis: Why the Earth Is Warming

March 25, 2013

Boston University BU, College of Arts and Sciences CAS professor Nathan Philips research, urban pipeline leaks, methan leaks Boston,

Climate Change

Boston’s Street-Level Gas Leaks: 3,300-Plus

December 7, 2012

BU Symphony Orchestra rehearsal at Tsai Performance Center

Dance

BU Launches New Campus-Wide Arts Initiative

September 19, 2011

Boston

Harborfest Children’s Day Sing-along

June 30, 2011

Harborfest Children’s Day Sing-along