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Climate Change

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The extractive industries filling public university coffers on stolen land

By Tristan Ahtone, Robert Lee, Amanda Tachine, An Garagiola, Audrianna Goodwin, Maria Parazo Rose and Clayton AldernFebruary 7, 2024February 7, 2024

How 14 land grant colleges took 8.2 million acres from 123 Indigenous nations.

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Universities Set Out To Lead on Sustainability. The Results Have Been Underwhelming.

By Nico PortuondoJune 17, 2021June 17, 2021

Most of the progress, where it has happened, has been from a small group of wealthy schools.

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