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Penn Student Protesters Disrupt Football Game to Demand Fossil Fuel Divestment

HeadlineOct 24, 2022

In Philadelphia, at least 19 University of Pennsylvania students were arrested after they stormed a football field and disrupted the school’s homecoming game to demand UPenn divest from fossil fuels. The group Fossil Free Penn is also urging the university to pay property taxes to support the funding of city public schools, and help save a low-income housing complex located near the university.

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