Oil Price Fiasco Revives Divestment in Fossil Fuel Campaigns

The global economic shutdown has pushed oil prices to record lows.
Climate activists are pushing government and financial institutions to divest from the fossil fuel industry.
They highlight the need to remove pension funds and other investments from the struggling sector.
American University’s Student Government passed a resolution in 2014.
It called the Board of Trustees to divest the school’s then-$425 million endowments from fossil fuels.
A resolution introduced in New York City Council...