And so, in 2015, it came as no great shock when the university’s president, Mark Schlissel, rejected student calls for divestment from fossil fuel companies. “Fossil fuels enable us to operate the university, to conduct research and to provide patient care,” he said. “At this moment, there is no viable alternative to fossil fuels at the necessary scale. “Fossil fuel assets will diminish in value,” he told me on Thursday, “perhaps more quickly than many realize. In this case, that means immediate divestment, in an effort to break the power of the fossil fuel industry that still fights for delay.

Source: The Guardian March 27, 2021 09:56 UTC