Harvard Launching New Green Major Led by Divestment Activist

Harvard Launching New Green Major Led by Divestment Activist

Harvard University, under pressure from the Trump administration to reduce the power held by faculty "more committed to activism than scholarship," is poised to approve a new major in "Energy, Climate, and Environment." The major is spearheaded by a professor who co-chaired an activist group that pushed Harvard to divest from fossil fuels and demanded that the university "Provide funds and staff for faculty engaging in advocacy on climate change…