divestment

SU ceases direct investment in fossil fuels
By Jake Cappuccino
April 1, 2015 - 1:24pm
The announcement came after months of student groups calling for the university to divest.

Syracuse University announced Tuesday that it would formally commit to prohibiting investment of the endowment in coal mining and other fossil fuels.

The university administration officially decided to stop investing the endowment in publicly traded companies dealing in fossil fuels, according to an SU News release. 

Sustainability rally urges SU to invest in renewable energy, divest from fossil fuels
By Jessie Yuqing Shi
September 30, 2014 - 9:12pm
Students of Sustainability and Divest SU and ESF hosted the rally Tuesday on the Quad.

“Divest! Divest! Put fossil fuel to rest!” 

Is divestment the right answer for dealing with fossil fuels?
By Zachary Goldberg
November 20, 2013 - 5:32pm
Students all over the country are pressuring their administrations to remove their investments from fossil fuels. But as time passes and the campaign gets little reaction, questions arise as to whether this approach is actually beneficial.

In October 2012, Bill McKibben, renowned climate change activist and founder of 350.org (and a personal hero of mine) kicked off the “Go Fossil Free” campaign, encouraging students to encourage their institutions to divest their massive endowment funds from fossil-fuel based companies. Roaming the country on his “Do The Math” tour, McKibben put it simply: fossil fuels are causing climate change, and unless we “rise up to stop them,” fossil fuel companies will keep doing what they do – making money by destroying our planet.

Students push for divestment from fossil fuel companies
By Thomas Rende
December 19, 2012 - 10:53am
A student campaign is urging the administration to avoid giving endowment funds to fossil fuel companies.

A divestment campaign has been pushed by students at Syracuse University to freeze out possible fossil fuel companies who have received money from the school’s endowments. The students are planning on working with Nancy Cantor to accomplish some form of independence from the fossil fuel industry.

Student groups call for SU's divestment from fossil fuel companies
By Ellie Wilkinson
October 20, 2012 - 9:20pm
Syracuse and ESF students and faculty are planning a campaign to urge the university to cut ties with companies that contribute to climate change.

After environmentalist Bill McKibben spoke at Syracuse University on Oct. 10, a signup sheet circulated among students and faculty members who were interested in accomplishing McKibben's tasks to take action against climate change. Three student groups hosted a meeting today that marked the first step toward achieving these goals.