DECARBONIZATION
In 1977, this company’s scientists accurately predicted 2024 global warming:
What is Exxon
How much money does DU have invested in fossil fuels?
$24 million
This facility is the largest tar/sand refinery in the United States:
What is Suncor Commerce City
This piece of large fossil fuel infrastructure occupies the previous home of the Arapaho natives of Denver:
What is Suncor Commerce City Refinery
Current carbon concentration is further from normal than this historical period:
What is the Ice Age
Which of these universities has divested from fossil fuels?
A: Yale University
B: Tulane University
C: University of Colorado Boulder
D: Harvard University
D: What is Harvard University
This company owns Colorado’s railroads, and would rather transport coal trains at 17 mph instead of passengers:
What is BNSF
Who is the father of environmental justice?
Who is Dr. Robert D. Bullard
In 2024, which US state exceeded 100% of electric demand with renewable generation over 30 days this year?
A: Illinois
B: Ohio
C: California
D: Washington
C: What is California
What day of the week does Divest DU meet?
What is Tuesday
Which of these is the most utilized renewable source of energy in Colorado?
A: Solar power
B: Wind power
C: Hydroelectric power
D: Biomass
B: What is wind power
Asthma hospitalizations for children living near I-70 are how much (%) higher than the rest of Denver?
A: 25%
B: 150%
C: 40%
D: 75%
C: What is 40%
In 2022, Colorado produced almost five times more oil than in 2010, mostly due to increased use of this technology:
What is fracking/hydraulic fracturing
How many trustees are currently listed as DU board members?
A: 27
B: 42
C: 89
D: 13
A: What is 27
Divestment rejects investment by the university into Big Oil; in contrast, dissociation rejects investment by Big Oil into this institution:
What is the university
This native tribe previously occupied the Wyoming location where the largest coal mine in the world now sits:
What is the Cheyenne tribe
DU pledges to “reduce 2007 carbon emissions levels by this much (%) by 2025:
What is 25%
What is the best way you can support the divestment movement?
What is joining Divest DU!
What year did DU complete its solar power installation project across 18 different campus buildings?
What is 2020
89% of people who die from this kind of environmental threat live in the poorest countries on earth:
What is air pollution