Toronto350.org In The News

Climate Justice Coalition Organizing
20 September 2022, toronto.com - written by Colleen Lynch (TO350) with Megan Breau and Allie Rougeot (Fridays for Future Toronto)
Divestment

UofT announces sustainability committee

16 October 2017, The Medium

Pipelines, Divestment, Climate Justice

Liberals' climate change-up plan

21 June 2016, Now Magazine

Divestment 

Environmental protection is crucial for public health

10 January 2016, The Varsity

Pipelines

80 Groups Call on Trudeau to Halt Enbridge's Line 9

16 December 2015, Rabble.ca

Divestment

U of T losing $$ on fossil fuels, but committee recommends half measures on divestment

16 December 2015, National Observer

Divestment

University of Toronto loses $550 million by not divesting from fossil fuels

16 November 2015, CNW Newswire

Divestment

Advocates pressure U of T to divest of fossil fuels

27 October 2015, National Observer

Pipelines

Tom Mulcair Interrupted

11 August 2015, NOW Toronto

Pipelines, Divestment, Climate Justice

Thousands march demanding Jobs, Justice, and Climate Change

21 July 2015, The Varsity

Pipelines, Divestment, Climate Justice

March for Jobs, Justice and Climate draws on allies for a clean-energy revolution

5 July 2015, Toronto Star

Divestment

Universities should get out of the fossil fuel business

11 February 2015, Toronto Star

Divestment

Fossil fuel divestment fever hits UBC and Canadian campuses

26 January 2015, Vancouver Observer
Pipelines

Wynne Surprised at Home with "Flip Flop" Themed Climate Protest

15 December 2014, NOW Toronto

Pipelines

3,000 join climate march at Nathan Phillips Square

21 September 2014, Toronto Star

Pipelines
NDP slams Adam Vaughan for missing climate debate -- See our press release

18 June 2014, NOW Toronto

Pipelines

After the candidate's debate we hosted, many other news outlets highlighted that pipelines had become an election issue:

5 June 2014, Macleans 
Divestment
Unloading on fossil fuels
17 March 2014, The Varsity 
Divestment
Responsibility for U of T’s means divestment
17 March 2014, The Varsity 
Divestment
Meric Gertler will appoint committee to consider fossil fuel divestment
The print edition included a photo of Toronto350.org members: Full article Photo closeup
10 March 2014, The Varsity 
Divestment
Toronto350 makes its case for divestment to university admin
7 March 2014, CBC Radio 1: The 180 
Divestment
Sealing, Fossil Fuel Divestment, the New Math (interview with Toronto350.org President Stuart Basden starts around 11:30)
3 March 2014, The Varsity 
Divestment
U of T must divest from fossil fuels, student groups say
3 March 2014, The Varsity 
Divestment

Released the same day as the above article, another article was released in The Varsity.

Toronto350.org's response: In his courteous response to our fossil fuel divestment campaign, Li Pan argues that the evidence for social harm from fossil fuels isn't as strong as the case that tobacco harms human health. As the Fifth Assessment Report of the IPCC makes plain, the link between burning fossil fuels and social injury from climate change is now unequivocal. The article also argues that the university's reliance on fossil fuels is a reason not to divest. This gets things backwards. Our present global dependence on fossil fuels is the main reason why we need to re-direct investment to climate-safe forms of energy. The fact that we have a long way to go is an argument for immediate action, not for further delay.

Another response was written by Varsity journalist Victoria Wicks two weeks later: Responsibility for U of T’s means divestment

11 February 2014, McGill Tribune 
Divestment
Ethical economics: assessing the effectiveness of university divestment campaigns
31 January 2014, Metro Toronto 
Divestment
U of T group wants university to divest from fossil fuel industry
16 January 2014, NOW Magazine 
Divestment
NOW Magazine Barometer: "David Suzuki throws his weight behind 350’s call for the University of Toronto endowment fund to stop investing in fossil fuel corps. The local enviro group points out that U of T divested from Big Tobacco and companies supporting apartheid in the past."
6 January 2014, Environmental Defence 
Divestment
Put your money where the oil well isn't
6 November 2013, CBC 
Pipelines
New Democrats to hold Trudeau's feet to the fire over Keystone XL
7 October 2013, The Varsity 
Divestment
Toronto350 lobbies U of T to divest shares in fossil fuels
16 September 2013, The Varsity 
Divestment
Toronto350 calls for U of T to divest fuel shares
April 11-18, 2013, NOW Magazine 
Divestment
How do we get investment funds and pensions off fossil fuels?
8 February 2013, The Green Majority 
Divestment
The Green Majority Radio Broadcast (mp3)
3 December 2012, The Varsity 
Divestment
Activists target U of T over Shell investment



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