Swarthmore College declines to divest

Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania has refused to divest from fossil fuels

by Tara Craig 15th May 2015

Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania, despite a vigorous student protest, has announced that it will not divest from funds involved in the extraction of fossil fuels.

The Quaker-founded college’s board of managers said in a statement that following ‘extensive preparation, analysis, and robust discussion and debate’, it had reached consensus not to divest.