<p style="line-height: 20.8px;">Stanford University’s board of trustees has voted not to divest from fossil fuels in a move that has drawn widespread criticisms from students and environmental groups as other colleges across the US have pledged to end oil and gas investments <a data-component="in-body-link" data-link-name="in body link" href="http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/nov/17/stanford-students-begin-indefinite-sit-in-over-fossil-fuel-divestment">in response to campus protests</a>.</p>