Editorial: Investing in fossil fuels unsustainable for college
The college has not provided a convincing argument as to why it should not make the pledge, or at least study the potential outcomes of doing so.
The college has not provided a convincing argument as to why it should not make the pledge, or at least study the potential outcomes of doing so.
“I’m trying to uphold my institution to the same values it was teaching me,” Braverman said.
An unofficial “sustainability working group” plans to propose four bills to the Student Government Association by the end of the Spring 2016 semester — a sharp decline from its original plan of 18 bills.
No one can begin to address the prospect of divesting until we know who we need to divest from, if anyone.
The Cornell University Board of Trustees has announced Cornell will not be divesting from fossil fuel companies. Ithaca College students remain hopeful for their efforts to achieve divestment on South Hill.
One of the best things Ithaca College can do to fulfill its goal of benefiting others, in specific regards to communities and individuals affected by industry and climate change, is to remove all ties to fossil fuels. That includes divesting our endowment.
The Israeli education boycott debate at Ithaca College came to a head on Jan. 25 when two groups hosted guest speakers with opposite views only one hour apart and across the hall from each other.
Divest IC often receives constructive criticism; most commonly, we hear that we are neglecting the complex process behind the divestment of our endowment.
On Dec. 9, the Student Government Association, backed by Divest IC, passed a bill recommending research into divestment from fossil fuel companies.
The Student Government Association passed a bill at its Dec. 9 meeting to recommend research into removing Ithaca College’s investments from the fossil fuel industry.
About a dozen student representatives from the Environmental Leadership Action Network and Ithaca College Environmental Society protested the Board of Trustees dinner Oct. 23.