Toronto350.org In The News
UofT announces sustainability committee
16 October 2017, The Medium
Liberals' climate change-up plan
21 June 2016, Now Magazine
Environmental protection is crucial for public health
10 January 2016, The Varsity
80 Groups Call on Trudeau to Halt Enbridge's Line 9
U of T losing $$ on fossil fuels, but committee recommends half measures on divestment
16 December 2015, National Observer
University of Toronto loses $550 million by not divesting from fossil fuels
16 November 2015, CNW Newswire
Advocates pressure U of T to divest of fossil fuels
27 October 2015, National Observer
11 August 2015, NOW Toronto
Thousands march demanding Jobs, Justice, and Climate Change
21 July 2015, The Varsity
March for Jobs, Justice and Climate draws on allies for a clean-energy revolution
5 July 2015, Toronto Star
Universities should get out of the fossil fuel business
11 February 2015, Toronto Star
Fossil fuel divestment fever hits UBC and Canadian campuses
- 26 January 2015, Vancouver Observer
Wynne Surprised at Home with "Flip Flop" Themed Climate Protest
15 December 2014, NOW Toronto
3,000 join climate march at Nathan Phillips Square
21 September 2014, Toronto Star
18 June 2014, NOW Toronto
After the candidate's debate we hosted, many other news outlets highlighted that pipelines had become an election issue:
- 5 June 2014, Macleans
- Unloading on fossil fuels
- 17 March 2014, The Varsity
- Responsibility for U of T’s means divestment
- 17 March 2014, The Varsity
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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
- Toronto350 makes its case for divestment to university admin
- 7 March 2014, CBC Radio 1: The 180
- Sealing, Fossil Fuel Divestment, the New Math (interview with Toronto350.org President Stuart Basden starts around 11:30)
- 3 March 2014, The Varsity
- U of T must divest from fossil fuels, student groups say
- 3 March 2014, The Varsity
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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
- Ethical economics: assessing the effectiveness of university divestment campaigns
- 31 January 2014, Metro Toronto
- U of T group wants university to divest from fossil fuel industry
- 16 January 2014, NOW Magazine
- 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
- Put your money where the oil well isn't
- 6 November 2013, CBC
- New Democrats to hold Trudeau's feet to the fire over Keystone XL
- 7 October 2013, The Varsity
- Toronto350 lobbies U of T to divest shares in fossil fuels
- 16 September 2013, The Varsity
- Toronto350 calls for U of T to divest fuel shares
- April 11-18, 2013, NOW Magazine
- How do we get investment funds and pensions off fossil fuels?
- 8 February 2013, The Green Majority
- The Green Majority Radio Broadcast (mp3)
- 3 December 2012, The Varsity