Raven Geiger

Students and alums should not donate to Mount Holyoke College until it divests from fossil fuels

Students and alums should not donate to Mount Holyoke College until it divests from fossil fuels

BY JULIA KLUKOFF ’21,  ANNA BAYNTON ’21, RAVEN GEIGER ’18 AND JOSS CHILDS ’21 

The Mount Holyoke Climate Justice Coalition is an organization dedicated to fossil fuel divestment activism. Our ultimate goal is that Mount Holyoke College remove its money from the fossil fuel industry, and it is around this goal that our activism is centered. However, we have noticed that many students hold misconceptions about our cause and methods.

A statement from the Climate Justice Coalition: We have the power to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline

A statement from the Climate Justice Coalition: We have the power to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline

BY AICHA BELABBES ’19 & RAVEN GEIGER ’17 

Under the new Trump administration the fight against the Dakota Access Pipe Line has become a grueling uphill battle. Even though the Army Corps of Engineers refrained from building the pipeline under former president, Barack Obama, President Trump wants to go full-steam ahead.