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Boston University Student Activists Protest Trump, BU Fossil Fuel Holdings

Boston University Student Activists Protest Trump, BU Fossil Fuel Holdings

BOSTON — Days after Republican Donald Trump was sworn-in as president, about 30 student activists at Boston University walked out of class to rally against the incoming administration's approach to climate change and to convince university trustees to divest all fossil fuel holdings from the school's $1.6 billion endowment. "This is a national day of action, there are thousands of students walking out all over the country in an active resistance to demand divestment from their administrations,"

BOSTON — Days after Republican Donald Trump was sworn-in as president, about 30 student activists at Boston University walked out of class to rally against the incoming administration's approach to climate change and to convince university trustees to divest all fossil fuel holdings from the school's $1.6 billion endowment. "This is a national day of action, there are thousands of students walking out all over the country in an active resistance to demand divestment from their administrations,"…