Tag: Fossil Fuels

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5Cs to switch to 100% renewable electricity

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Presidents across the 5Cs announced Friday, April 17 that the colleges will transition to 100% renewable electricity by enrolling in the Clean Power Alliance (CPA), following a yearlong 5C Environmental Justice (5CEJ) campaign to phase out fossil fuels.
The “Claremont Off Fossil Fuels”campaign proposed the Colleges stop purchasing electricity from Southern California Edison (SCE), an investor-owned utility that primarily relies on fossil fuels, and instead enroll in the CPA, a not-for-profit energy provider that offers 100% renewable electricity options. The Claremont Colleges’ Business and Financial Affairs Committee and the consortium-wide presidents committee have now approved the proposal.

Milo Slevin PO ’28, campaign co-founder, said the transition marks a concrete shift in how the Colleges demonstrate their commitment to sustainability by taking action that immediately reduces carbon footprint.

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Opinion: Clean energy alone won’t save us

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The green energy revolution has been a promise of the new millennium. With growing wind, solar and hydroelectric resources supplanting existing carbon resources, the energy capacities, and resultantly, production abilities of our nation are seemingly endless, capable of fueling an ever-growing economy. Eric Lu PO ’28 argues that, for any of the changes made by green energy to have lasting effects, we need to change our economy and consumption patterns.

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“Educating and Mobilizing”: Divest 5Cs takes a stand at NYC climate justice conference

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On Saturday, Sept. 16, co-leader of Claremont’s Divest 5Cs Gianna Hutton González PO ’26 gathered alongside 70 other students in New York City for a youth climate justice conference and march to end fossil fuels. The conference was hosted by Fossil Free Research, a pro-divestment organization of a national coalition

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News Pomona College 

Pomona sells its mineral rights, prompting student concerns about fossil fuel extraction

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Pomona College sold its mineral rights for an undisclosed amount on March 18. The holdings were accumulated roughly over the past 50 years and were located across 14 states in the U.S.

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Pomona students approve ASPC referendum on fossil fuel divestment and disclosure

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Nearly nine in ten Pomona College students believe the school should move toward complete divestment from fossil fuels, a March 29 referendum revealed. 88 percent of students voted in favor of a resolution to divest on the ballot, while 96 percent of those who voted agreed that the Board of Trustees’ Investment Committee should disclose the percentage of Pomona’s endowment that remains invested in fossil fuels.

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EDITORIAL BOARD: On fossil fuel divestment, it’s still 2013

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Following an overwhelming vote by Pomona College’s student body in favor of divesting the college’s endowment from fossil fuels, the editorial board calls on Pomona’s Board of Trustees to do the right thing and finally confront the college’s role in the climate crisis.

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