How a New Generation of Climate Activists is Reviving Fossil Fuel Divestment and Gaining Victories
(WorldNews Environment)

Ed. note: It will be interesting to see how this movement reorganizes in the face of coronavirus-induced university closures. A wave of student-led actions swept across the campuses of around 60 U.S. and Canadian schools last month, as students turned to sit-ins, walkouts and banner drops to pressure universities into divesting their endowments from fossil fuel companies. Called `Divestment Day` by activists, the Feb. 13 series of actions was just the latest escalation for a movement that´s been undergoing a serious revival. In fact, even just one year ago, something like the events of Divestment Day would have been unimaginable, as the movement was just coming out of a protracted lull....