It is critical that we take immediate action to prevent even more severe effects in the future by rapidly eliminating our dependence on fossil fuel energy sources. And that we start doing the difficult but necessary work of planning for what is already happening, including increased flooding and rising seas. Seven feet of snow in winter and summer-long heat waves of 90F or above may soon be the new normal.

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April 2015 Newslettter

Greetings fellow MIT alums! Curious about how the fossil fuel divestment movement is progressing at MIT? Check out the first installment of the Alumni for Divestment at MIT Newsletter. Read about upcoming events and recent developments, and learn how to get involved!...

Reducing MIT’s Carbon Footprint

Divestment supporters contend that MIT cannot just reduce it’s footprint and think that’s enough to solve climate change. This is because if MIT didn’t exist, then it would reduce it’s footprint as low as it could be; however, climate change...

MIT Alumni Join Together

There’s always been alumni support for divestment from fossil fuels from the beginning of the campaign at MIT, but in late 2014, a group of alumni decided to forge a new endeavor and focus on an alumni specific campaign. The birth of Alumni for Divestment at MIT...