Johns Hopkins University will divest from its holdings in thermal coal, becoming the latest addition to the list of schools moving away from fossil fuel investments. The divestment announcement follows a vote Hopkins’s board of trustees Friday. The vote directs the university to stop buying stocks and bonds of companies that produce coal for electric power as a major part of their business, and to sell any securities it directly owns in those companies from its endowment or other investments. The…
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