The Orion

Foundation approves resolution to divest

David Mcvicker // December 11, 2014

Chico State President Paul Zingg said the foundation's finance committee will now meet to develop a financial investment plan that will be free of investments in fossil fuel companies.

Divestment gathers faculty support

Yessenia Funes // May 10, 2014

Students in the "Environmental Thought and Action" class continue to campaign for divestment of University Foundation stock funds from the top 200 fossil fuel companies in the world.

Divestment vote might be meaningless

Matt Murphy // April 28, 2014

The victory of the vote to divest funds from fossil fuel companies may not produce desirable results, if any.

AS vote doesn’t guarantee divestment

Yessenia Funes // April 14, 2014

The fossil fuel divestment ballot measure can only encourage the University Foundation to remove its investments.

Butte Hall banners call for divestment

Yessenia Funes // April 3, 2014

The demonstration was part of a campaign to get the university to divest its stock investments from fossil fuel companies.

Students create ‘human oil spill’

Yessenia Funes // April 1, 2014

The "Environmental Thought and Action" class created a human oil spill to campaign for the divestment of university stock funds from fossil fuel companies.

Student activists seek oil divestment

Eric Mccauley // February 9, 2014

Students in an activism course aim to create an advisory measure on the A.S. spring election ballot.