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CU-Boulder Students Stage Sit-in, Calling for Fossil Fuel Divestment

HeadlineMay 04, 2017

The University of Colorado Boulder threatened student environmental activists with arrest and forced them to end a nearly week-long sit-in on Wednesday. The sit-in was demanding the university divest from fossil fuels. On Tuesday, the university’s chancellor met with some of the students to discuss divestment.

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