The student-led divestment movement has "put the fossil fuel companies' core business model on trial,
arguing that they have become rogue actors whose continued economic viability relies on radical
climate destabilization—and that, as such, any institution claiming to serve the public interest has a
moral responsibility to liberate itself from these odious profits." (354)
The divestment movement won't bankrupt the industry, but it is "chipping away at the social license
with which these companies operate." (354)
"Divestment is just the first stage of this delegitimization process, but it is already well under way.
"None of this is a replacement for major policy changes that would regulate carbon reduction across the
board. But what the emergence of this networked, grassroots movement means Is that the next time
climate campaigners get into a room filled with politicians and polluters to negotiate, there will be many
thousands of people outside the doors with the power to amp up the political pressure significantly