{"id":1788075,"date":"2022-12-27T16:03:04","date_gmt":"2022-12-27T21:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1788075"},"modified":"2022-12-27T16:03:13","modified_gmt":"2022-12-27T21:03:13","slug":"colleges-ban-oil-and-gas-companies-from-recruiting-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/colleges-ban-oil-and-gas-companies-from-recruiting-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Colleges ban Oil and Gas Companies from Recruiting Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcolleges-ban-oil-and-gas-companies-from-recruiting-students%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1788075&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>Multiple <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/colleges\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">universities<\/a> In the <a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/topic\/united-kingdom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">United Kingdom<\/a> Have prohibited <a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/topic\/oil-and-gas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fossil fuel<\/a> Companies encourage students to apply for jobs on campus, in the name of fighting <a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/topic\/climate-change\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">climate change<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Fossil Free Careers is a project by People and Planet. It demands that postsecondary institutions prohibit companies from using fossil fuels. \u201coil, gas, and mining industries\u201d Participating in careers fairs, or listing their vacancies online. Birkbeck University of London is named as the group&#8217;s &#8220;best&#8221; candidate. \u201cfirst campaign win.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The school\u2019s policy formerly said that the career services department will \u201cnot hold relationships of any kind with oil, gas or mining companies as part of our commitment to increased sustainability and addressing the climate crisis,\u201d As per the listing <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220928050700\/https:\/www.bbk.ac.uk\/student-services\/careers-service\/ethical-careers-policy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">web archives<\/a> and the People and Planet website. As <a href=\"https:\/\/peopleandplanet.org\/fossil-free-careers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">detailed<\/a> Bryn Richards was a Birkbeck student. She questioned many university officials about this move and the school eventually removed the reference. \u201coil, gas or mining\u201d Instead, he is committed to ending all relationships \u201cwith any companies that have not demonstrated a commitment to positive environmental and ethical business models.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Richards observed that Richards had noted that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbk.ac.uk\/student-services\/careers-service\/ethical-careers-policy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new policy<\/a> This prohibition could be worse than the previous one, because it allows more flexibility for interpretation. \u201cThis is part of our commitment to increased sustainability and addressing the climate crisis,\u201d The current rule is in effect. \u201cThis includes, but is not limited to, attendance at careers events and other recruitment opportunities, posting role vacancies, sponsorships, and advertising.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to a report, University of the Arts London and University of Bedfordshire, England, as well as Wrexham Glyndwr University, Wales, have adopted fossil-free recruiting policies. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2022\/dec\/01\/fossil-fuel-recruiters-banned-from-three-more-uk-universities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> The Guardian. These policies are being taken as energy prices rise to new heights in the United Kingdom due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Liz Truss, former British Prime Minister, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-next-british-prime-minister-decided-after-rivals-bow-out\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">replaced<\/a> Rishi Sunak, a lawmaker from Rishipuram two months before, had asked for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/strengthening-our-energy-resilience-britain-ends-fracking-ban-will-become-net-exporter-by-2040\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">higher fossil fuel production<\/a> And set the goal to be a net exporter in 2040.<\/p>\n<p>Many have suggested that the excessive reliance on renewable energy has led to high energy prices in Europe. The European Union, out which the United Kingdom recently left, follows the <a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/clima\/eu-action\/climate-strategies-targets\/2050-long-term-strategy_en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">official goal<\/a> The possibility of becoming \u201ca climate-neutral society\u201d By 2050, in accordance to the European Green Deal or the Paris Climate Agreement.<\/p>\n<p>Similar activist groups have been active in the United States encouraging universities to withdraw investments from the fossil fuel sector and advocate for a reduction in carbon emissions. Divest Harvard <a href=\"https:\/\/divestharvard.medium.com\/tireless-organizing-yields-harvard-divestment-victory-b68f43b271a1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">celebrated<\/a> Last year, Harvard President Lawrence Bacow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/harvards-endowment-suffers-through-woke-investing-while-the-university-of-texas-drills-oil-and-rakes-it-in\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> The university will allow existing investments to expire and refuse to make new ones. \u201cFor too long, Harvard has stood on the wrong side of history, lending legitimacy to the companies driving global warming and environmental injustice,\u201d According to the group.<\/p>\n<p>Some institutional investors are beginning to move away from the ESG movement. This is a part of broader trend toward ESG. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/virtue-signaling-isnt-free-how-woke-investing-fell-apart-once-the-economy-got-bad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">suffered<\/a> The energy sector has witnessed a record year of profitability over the last year. Harvard Management Company, which manages the elite university\u2019s endowment, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/harvard-university-endowment-loses-2-3-billion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">admitted<\/a> Last month, the $51 billion organization suffered a $2.3 billion loss. This was due to efforts to divest from fossil fuels. However, it remains \u201cproud to be deeply engaged in the issue of sustainability.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Multiple universities in the United Kingdom have prohibited fossil fuel companies from recruiting students on campus in the name of battling climate change. Fossil Free Careers, a project led by the activist group People and Planet, demands that postsecondary institutions prevent companies in the \u201coil, gas, and mining industries\u201d from attending careers fairs or listing &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":99,"featured_media":1391645,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[7008,6489,6997,6202,7536,7393,3698,4072,6195],"class_list":["post-1788075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-ban","tag-colleges","tag-companies","tag-daily","tag-gas","tag-oil","tag-recruiting","tag-students","tag-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1788075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/99"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1788075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1788075\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1391645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1788075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1788075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1788075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}