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To: President & Board of Trustees of SUNY Cortland

SUNY Cortland: Go Fossil Free!

As public pressure to confront climate change builds, we call on SUNY Cortland 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 University 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?

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.

After learning about the extreme impacts from climate change and, more importantly, the way it will affect future generations, a group of us banded together to form a club on campus. Our soul purpose was to work towards real change to create a better future.

We need change NOW, because vulnerable communities are already facing the consequences of our continued use of fossil fuels. This problem is easily the most important of our time, and we need to stand together to put a stop to the destruction of the planet for corporate benefit. This is your fight too, to protect the planet and climate for future generations to come.

SUNY Cortland, Cortland, NY, United States

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2022-11-15 19:04:10 -0500

500 signatures reached

2015-04-12 22:24:57 -0400

Our 70+ page divestment proposal has been submitted to President Bitterbaum.

2015-03-31 19:20:22 -0400

100 signatures reached

2014-11-15 18:47:19 -0500

10 signatures reached