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CBS Los Angeles airs story on Pitzer’s new fossil-fuel divestment and climate-action plan

A local college is taking on climate change by eliminating its fossil fuel investments with support from Robert Redford.

April 14, 2014

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KPCC’s Molly Peterson discusses Pitzer’s divestment plan on Take Two

Pitzer College has announced it will divest its $125 million endowment of financial holdings in fossil fuel companies by the end of the year. The move makes Pitzer the first college in Southern California to commit to climate divestment, and the largest endowment in higher education to do so to date.

April 12, 2014

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Pitzer College and Robert Redford Announce Breakthrough Fossil Fuel Divestment-Climate Action Model

President Laura Skandera Trombley and Trustee Robert Redford Announce Pitzer Board of Trustee decision on new climate action model.

Trustee Donald Gould, Professor Brenda Sarathy, Jess Grady-Benson ’14, Trustee Robert Redford and President Laura Skandera Trombley announce Pitzer’s breakthourgh fosil fuel divestment-climate action plan at the Los Angeles Press Club on April 12, 2014.

April 12, 2014