Why I Got Arrested For Earth Day

College students demand that universities divest fossil fuel holdings to help save the planet.

This Earth Day, take risks so your children don't have to.

The world is finally waking up to the reality of climate change. Last year in Paris, nations at last agreed to limit warming to two degrees Celsius — and one and a half degrees if possible. After decades of equivocation, the world has formally announced its aspiration to fix the climate problem.

Such aspirations are not equivalent to action. Yet they set the stage for action. And that is where we all have a part to play.

Last week in Boston, students and alumni of Harvard converged on the offices of the Harvard Management Company to protest its continued investments in fossil fuels....

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