{"id":9660,"date":"2019-09-09T20:40:25","date_gmt":"2019-09-10T00:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/?p=9660"},"modified":"2019-09-10T16:40:20","modified_gmt":"2019-09-10T20:40:20","slug":"can-you-provide-some-resources-to-learn-more-about-the-history-of-the-movement-calling-on-bc-to-divest-from-fossil-fuels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2019\/09\/09\/can-you-provide-some-resources-to-learn-more-about-the-history-of-the-movement-calling-on-bc-to-divest-from-fossil-fuels\/","title":{"rendered":"Can you provide some resources to learn more about the history of the movement calling on BC to divest from fossil fuels?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"467\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/AW09092019-01.jpg\" alt=\"Can you provide some resources to learn more about the history of the movement calling on BC to divest from fossil fuels?\" class=\"wp-image-9656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/AW09092019-01.jpg 467w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/AW09092019-01-262x300.jpg 262w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 467px) 100vw, 467px\" \/><figcaption>Can you provide some resources to learn more about the history of the movement calling on BC to divest from fossil fuels?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Climate Justice at Boston College (<a href=\"https:\/\/orgsync.com\/123146\/chapter\">https:\/\/orgsync.com\/123146\/chapter<\/a>) is the organization you&#8217;re looking for. Here is their history: <a href=\"http:\/\/climatejusticebc.com\/who-we-are\/cjbc-history\">climatejusticebc.com\/who-we-are\/cjbc-history<\/a>. Bill McKibben talked here in April 2016 (<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/heights-mckibben\">bit.ly\/heights-mckibben<\/a>), but the BC divestment movement started before then as &#8220;BC Fossil Free&#8221; (<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/heights-2013-fossil-free\">bit.ly\/heights-2013-fossil-free<\/a>). I recommend heavy use of BC Heights (<a href=\"http:\/\/bcheights.com\">bcheights.com<\/a>) and <a href=\"http:\/\/newspapers.bc.edu\">newspapers.bc.edu<\/a> &#8211; search &#8220;divest&#8221;. Also try The Gavel (<a href=\"http:\/\/bcgavel.com\">bcgavel.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Climate Justice at Boston College (https:\/\/orgsync.com\/123146\/chapter) is the organization you&#8217;re looking for. Here is their history: climatejusticebc.com\/who-we-are\/cjbc-history. Bill McKibben talked here in April 2016 (bit.ly\/heights-mckibben), but the BC divestment movement started before then as &#8220;BC Fossil Free&#8221; (bit.ly\/heights-2013-fossil-free). I recommend heavy use of BC Heights (bcheights.com) and newspapers.bc.edu &#8211; search &#8220;divest&#8221;. Also try The Gavel &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2019\/09\/09\/can-you-provide-some-resources-to-learn-more-about-the-history-of-the-movement-calling-on-bc-to-divest-from-fossil-fuels\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Can you provide some resources to learn more about the history of the movement calling on BC to divest from fossil fuels?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boston-college","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9660"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9660\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9687,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9660\/revisions\/9687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}