August 14, 2017

Article: Dead: Fossil Fuel Divestment

Rachelle Peterson

Rachelle Peterson describes the steps that led to the closing of the Divestment Student Network (DSN).

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August 11, 2017

Article: Mizzou Madness: A Case Study of Non-Diversity, Non-Freedom, and Non-Academics in Higher Education

J. Martin Rochester

The entirety of a five-part essay, Mizzou Madness: A Case Study of Non-Diversity, Non-Freedom, and Non-Academics in Higher Education, by political scientist J. Martin Rochester.

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August 10, 2017

Article: Extinct Experiments

Peter Wood

NAS celebrates a victory as the Divestment Student Network closes. 

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July 20, 2016

Article: Canada’s Crusade Against Fossil Fuels

Rachelle Peterson

Frontier Centre for Public Policy releases a report illuminating the failed agenda of fossil fuel divestment. 

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June 2, 2016

Article: Sustainability: The Left's New Facade

Rachelle Peterson

Rachelle Peterson discusses the greening of Oklahoma's universities.

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May 10, 2016

Article: Exposing Climate Alarmism in 90 Minutes

Rachelle Peterson

Rachelle Peterson writes for the National Review about an important new documentary, Climate Hustle. 

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March 23, 2016

Article: Rachelle Peterson Discusses Exxon and Fossil Fuels on Mandy Connell Show

National Association of Scholars

Rachelle Peterson discusses her Weekly Standard article, "Why They Hate Exxon," on the Mandy Connell Show. 

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March 14, 2016

Article: Why They Hate Exxon

Rachelle Peterson

The crusade to kill fossil fuels continues.

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January 12, 2016

Article: BDS Movement Suffers a Setback

Chance Layton

The American Historical Association voted against a resolution to condemn Israel. 

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December 22, 2015

Article: Where DINOs Rule

Rachelle Peterson

Activists vastly overstate fossil fuel divestment pledges. 

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December 22, 2015

Article: Roses and Thorns: NAS's Top 10 List for 2015

Ashley Thorne

The National Association of Scholars remembers who stood out this year in higher education. 

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November 17, 2015

Article: Videos: "Inside Divestment" Launch

National Association of Scholars

A first look at the launch of "Inside Divestment: The Illiberal Movement to Turn a Generation Against Fossil Fuels."

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November 17, 2015

Article: Video: Heritage Foundation Panel on Fossil Fuel Divestment

National Association of Scholars

Rachelle Peterson joins a panel hosted by Dr. David Kreutzer with Dr. Stanley Kurtz and Brendan Williams about the campus divestment movement. 

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November 12, 2015

Article: Rachelle Peterson on WSJ's Opinion Journal

National Association of Scholars

Rachelle Peterson takes viewers inside NAS's new study on the fossil fuel divestment campaign. 

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November 10, 2015

Article: When Colleges Divest, Who Wins?

National Association of Scholars

PRESS RELEASE: NAS releases the first substantial study of the campus-based movement to divest from fossil fuels. 

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November 6, 2015

Article: Announcement: Rachelle Peterson to Speak on Divestment

National Association of Scholars

NAS Director of Research Projects Rachelle Peterson will speak at the Heritage Foundation on Friday, November 13.

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November 3, 2015

Article: Announcement: NAS Will Release "Inside Divestment" Report

Peter Wood

Invitation to attend "Inside Divestment" report launch on November 10.

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October 9, 2015

Article: This Changes Everything?

Rachelle Peterson

Naomi Klein's new movie admits conservative critics of the environmental left were right. 

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September 14, 2015

Article: Divesting from Free Speech

Rachelle Peterson

Rachelle Peterson explains that divestment activists have silenced debate, but done little to aid the environment.

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August 24, 2015

Article: Peter Wood and Rachelle Peterson Interviewed on Leaders with Ginni Thomas

National Association of Scholars

Virginia Thomas takes viewers inside the NAS report, Sustainability: Higher Education's New Fundamentalism. 

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August 11, 2015

Article: Room for Debate: NAS and 350.org

Peter Wood

Peter Wood comments on 350.org's response to Rachelle Peterson's recent piece about the college divestment movement.

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August 10, 2015

Article: Rachelle Peterson in Today's NYT Room for Debate

National Association of Scholars

Rachelle Peterson discussed the college divestment movement in the New York Times Room for Debate.

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July 13, 2015

Article: Bill McKibben Responds to NAS Questions on Divestment

Rachelle Peterson

Prominent sustainability activist Bill McKibben offers some answers to questions posed by NAS. 

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July 2, 2015

Article: Rachelle Peterson on WSJ Live

National Association of Scholars

The fossil fuel divestment fad indulges fantasy rather than grappling with economic realities. 

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May 25, 2015

Article: Diminishing Returns

Rachelle Peterson

Divestment activism has failed. Universities are learning that sanctions rarely accomplish anything.

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May 20, 2015

Article: President Obama, Not Green Enough for the Hardcore Greens

Rachelle Peterson

It doesn't take much to be accused of being a climate change "denier." You don't even have to deny climate change.

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May 7, 2015

Article: Divestment Spring

Rachelle Peterson

Students stage sit-ins for divestment, claiming to be "oppressed" by college trustees. 

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April 15, 2015

Article: George F. Will Writes About NAS Sustainability Report

National Association of Scholars

Nationally syndicated columnist George F. Will devotes his most recent column to the new NAS report. 

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February 13, 2015

Article: (Not So) Happy Global Divestment Day

Rachelle Peterson

Activists worldwide are converging to demand divestment from fossil fuels. 

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February 13, 2015

Article: Call Your Broker, Save the Planet

Rachelle Peterson

Rachelle Peterson writes for National Review Online on why climate activists' latest cause has them sounding like stock market analysts. 

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August 28, 2014

Article: Campus Energy Divestment: A Mistaken Legacy of the Anti-Apartheid Movement

Caleb Rossiter

"Divestment will again harm Africans, but this time to no good end." Dr. Caleb Rossiter, an adjunct professor at American University, weighs in.

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July 2, 2014

Article: An Open Letter to Swarthmore's Board of Managers

Peter Berkowitz

NAS board member Peter Berkowitz reflects on Swarthmore President Rebecca Chopp's departure from Swarthmore.

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April 22, 2014

Article: Outside the 'Consensus'—Notes of a Climate Change 'Denier'

Peter Wood

With regard to climate change, the academy enforces a hardened orthodoxy with increasing determination.

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March 11, 2014

Article: Divestment’s Gettysburg?

Rachelle Peterson

The divestment movement suffers a devastating defeat at Hamilton College.

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October 24, 2013

Article: The New School’s New Wail: A Visit to Campus Sustainability Day

Peter Wood

At a sustainability festival at The New School, students complacently accepted pseudo-scientific claims and the nationwide campaign to divest holdings from oil companies. 

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July 17, 2013

Article: Doubts, Deficits, Divestments, and Developments: A Higher Education Bubble Update

Ashley Thorne

CFOs lack confidence in their institutions' financial sustainability, Loyola University fails to enroll enough students to make budget, and the University of Wisconsin announces a "flexible option......

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June 11, 2013

Article: What Would the Left Do without Emotional Causes?

George Leef

The current mania over fossil fuel divestment tends to be heavy on emotion and light on logic.

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May 20, 2013

Article: Swarthmore Lets an Angry Mob Take Over

Peter Wood

Peter Wood comments on the most recent display of the sustainability movement's "new anger" at Swarthmore College.

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