University of Michigan Pledges to Become Net-Zero by 2050
The $12.5 billion endowment’s portfolio will immediately shift to sustainable assets and shun fossil fuels.
The University of Michigan has committed to reducing the carbon footprint of its $12.5 billion endowment to net-zero by 2050, and said it will immediately realign its portfolio toward sustainable investments and put an end to investing in companies that produce fossil fuels and greenhouse gases.
The move, which was unanimously approved by the university’s board of regents, calls for the endowment to immediately shift its natural resources investments to focus more on renewable energy. It will also stop investing in funds that are focused on certain fossil fuels and discontinue direct investments in publicly traded companies that are the largest contributors to greenhouse gases.
The rollout of the AstraZeneca vaccine in Ontario is being hampered by unproven reports that the vaccine is linked to blood clots, Canadian health experts say.
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Sheldon Vanauken was a poet and novelist best known for his memoir
A Severe Mercy (1977), about converting to Christianity and his wife’s unexpected death at age forty. A less famous sequel,
Under the Mercy, was published, to less acclaim, in 1985.
Vanauken, the son of Glenn and Grace Hanselman Vanauken, was born Frank Sheldon Vanauken in DeKalb County, Indiana, on August 4, 1914. Van, as he preferred to be called, first visited Virginia when he attended Staunton Military Academy during the 1928–1929 school year. He also attended Culver Military Academy in Culver, Indiana, and in 1938 he graduated from Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana. Vanauken served as a naval officer during World War II (1939–1945) and was at Pearl Harbor during the Japanese attack on December 7, 1941. (In 1991, on the fiftieth anniversary of Pearl Harbor, he recalled in a letter to the
The East African
Saturday February 27 2021
Church members take the body temperature of fellow worshippers in Dar es Salaam on April 5, 2020. PHOTO | AFP
Summary
Although President Magufuli had declared Tanzania Covid-19 free last June, a recent spate of deaths from “respiratory blockage” in the populace, including top political and government officials has prompted authorities to concede the existence of Covid-19.
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The government of Tanzania has recently issued statements warning the public to take precautions against all infectious diseases, and wash hands and wear masks when necessary.
And as the world scrambles to get vaccines against Covid-19, Tanzania’s deputy Health Minister Dr Godwin Mollel last week said they are not against Covid-19 vaccines per se, but wary of their long-term effects.