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To: Foothill-De Anza Foundation Board

FOOTHILL-DE ANZA GO FOSSIL FREE

As public pressure to confront climate change builds, we call on the Foothill De Anza Community College District to immediately freeze any new investment in fossil-fuel companies, and to divest within five years from direct ownership and from any commingled funds that include fossil-fuel public equities and corporate bonds. We believe such action on behalf of our district will not only be a sound decision for our institution’s financial portfolio, but also for the well being of its current and future graduating classes, who deserve the opportunity to graduate with a future not defined by climate chaos.

Why is this important?

As a community college we believe we should invest in firms that improve our future not work to destroy it. Long term gains that help our health and the Earth's sustainability are more important than short term profits that are toxic and wasteful. Climate change is accelerating. We are witnessing the increasing impacts of a warming planet more and more consistently; in this last year alone our country experienced record-breaking heat, droughts, and hurricanes, which impacted hundreds of thousands of people and cost our country hundreds of billions of dollars. Hurricane Sandy alone caused $50 billion in damages. Experts agree that global warming caused by humans burning fossil fuels will continue to accelerate and intensify these tragic climate disasters. The scientific consensus is clear and overwhelming; we cannot safely burn even half of global fossil-fuel reserves without dangerously warming the planet for several thousand years. We can not continue to invest in hyper-polluting companies.

De Anza College, Stevens Creek Boulevard, Cupertino, CA

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