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I support Princeton divesting its portfolio from fossil fuels.

Leadership is what the world needs to unite humanity as we embrace our highest moral responsibility: to protect and restore our common home. Princeton has provided leadership and developed leaders for generations. None of that history will matter unless Princeton joins the hundreds of other institutions that have divested from fossil fuel corporations. Princeton should align all of its assets (faculty; curriculum; research; campus; endowment) to address the climate crisis.

I have given to Princeton every year since I graduated. But our world is (LITERALLY) on fire, and there is no justification for continuing to invest in the sector that is responsible for so much of the problem. It pains me to withhold donations, but pains me much more to contemplate the end of our world.

Princeton should divest from fossil fuels as an urgent first step towards climate justice.

Princeton should divest from fossil fuels as an urgent first step towards climate justice.

To mirror on-campus efforts to achieve carbon neutrality by 2046, Princeton needs to simultaneously begin to divest from fossil fuels in order to call attention to and address the structural changes needed for a just, clean-energy transition.

Climate Change is the defining issue of our generation. As a scholarly institution, Princeton University knows that it is real and major action needs to be taken. When the year is 2050 and climate change has displaced millions of people, is Princeton going to be able to say that they led on this issue?

Princeton should divest from fossil fuels as an urgent first step towards climate justice.

Princeton should divest from fossil fuels as an urgent first step towards climate justice.

Princeton should divest from fossil fuels as an urgent first step towards climate justice.

Princeton needs to quite literally put its money where its mouth is and divest from fossil fuels. This is an important step on the path toward climate justice and in the service of humanity's younger and future generations.

I became a physician to promote health and well-being of patients and to work on improving health systems. We have to fundamentally change our systems to make them sustainable - so that caring for patients today does not harm the patients of tomorrow. Sustainability is paramount to our mission.

Princeton should divest from fossil fuels as an urgent first step towards climate justice.

Princeton should divest from fossil fuels as an urgent first step towards climate justice.

Princeton should divest from fossil fuels as an urgent first step towards climate justice.

Climate change has and does disproportionately affect marginalized people. Princeton must stand with the populations it claims to serve and divest from fossil fuels.

It will take risks and sacrifice to achieve climate justice. Princeton ought to lead by real and powerful example, rather than just checking off “Green” boxes in highly visible work on campus.

Princeton should divest from fossil fuels as an urgent first step towards climate justice.

Princeton should divest from fossil fuels as an urgent first step towards climate justice.

Princeton should divest from fossil fuels as an urgent first step towards climate justice.

Princeton should join the hundreds of institutions that have responded to the urgency of the climate crisis by divesting from fossil fuels, a move that makes increasing financial sense as well.

The managers of the Princeton endowment have a fiduciary responsibility to make responsible investments. That does not necessarily mean "maximize." When the fate of our planet is at stake, there are other companies that are doing well by doing good. Find them!

All human ingenuity rests upon our relationship with the Earth. Princeton is nothing if that relationship fails. Divest, and bring us closer to our ecological salvation.

I am a climate scientist. I measure the rapid accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, caused primarily by the burning of fossil fuels. Divesting from the fossil fuel industry is urgent and wise. This industry is a bad investment for Princeton and for the earth.

Princeton must divest from fossil fuels as a critical step towards climate justice, and as a way to truly be in the service of humanity.

Princeton should divest for two reasons, 1) we should not be supporting businesses that do widespreaed envrionmental harm, and, 2) it is no longer financially prudent to invest in obsolete and dying businesses especially when there are clear and better alternatives

Princeton should divest from fossil fuels as an urgent first step towards climate justice.

I live in Sacramento. Like millions of Californians, and indeed, everyone on the West Coast, this summer I had to endure, on top of pandemic, weeks of wildfire-poisoned air. Annual fire seasons seem to be our new “normal,” but scientists say no: it’s going to get worse. We need major structural change to halt climate change. Princeton can make a difference. That’s why I’ve added my name to Divest Princeton.

It should be part of Princeton’s anti-racist efforts to divest from some of the most damaging and exploitative companies in the world. We all know the climate crisis disproportionally affects marginalized populations. Now is your time, Princeton. End up on the right side of history.

Princeton should divest from fossil fuels as an urgent first step towards climate justice

Divestment is the easiest choice we can make now to avert further climate catastrophe. Current investment models fail to sufficiently account for ecosystem services that once lost or degraded will cost many, many trillions of dollars. The global climate is already tracking with the worst case climate change scenario, recurring natural disasters are costing governments and business billions of dollars per disaster in the US alone.

Princeton should divest from fossil fuels as an urgent first step towards climate justice.

Princeton should divest from fossil fuels as an urgent first step towards climate justice.

Climate change is a profoundly moral issue. It is beyond time for Princeton to cut ties with the industry which bears responsibility for it until they have credible business plans - not just empty talking points - to align their work with a livable future. At this late date in the climate crisis, and with the admirable role that the university's scientists have played in forecasting the impacts of the climate crisis, Princeton's failure to divest is ethically inexplicable and hard to fathom.

Princeton should divest from fossil fuels as an urgent first step towards climate justice.

Years ago as a Princeton undergraduate, I supported Princeton divestment from Apartheid. Years later, Nelson Mandela revealed that it was university divestment that brought Apartheid to his prison cell to negotiate a peaceful transition. The same will happen with fossil fuel divestment. Stop alumni contributions until Princeton divests from fossil fuels.

Divestment is an important tool to signal dissent. We need to invest in a cleaner future for all life on earth.

This is the most important ethical action that Princeton could take right now.

"Princeton University strives to uphold a standard as a world-renowned educational institution: it educates in the interest of humanity. And yet it violates that mission every day by its choice to divorce itself from the consequences of the investments it makes to serve that purpose. If any institution has the wherewithal to set an example through fossil fuel divestment as we face an existential climate crisis, it is Princeton University."

Divestment sends a powerful message to the market, legislators and the public that it’s time for urgent action on climate.

I have been fighting for climate & environmental justice for over 35 years, so this issue is central to my life's mission and values. This next decade will be a critical one for all life on the planet: We must adhere to global average greenhouse gas emissions cuts of at least 7.6% per year if we are to avoid possibly runaway climate change. Princeton must put its motto of "Princeton in the nation's service" into action and stop underwriting an industry that threatens present & future generations

Climate change is the greatest threat facing current and future generations. Further, oil and gas companies continue to lose money as the US energy system transitions. Princeton should divest both because it's the right thing to do and because it makes financial sense.

"Princeton's endowment is meant to last us hundreds of years. We need to consider investments that support this commitment to the future, instead of short-term industries that externalize their impact to the environment and global poor. The endowment won't be worth much without a civilization to use it."

Divesting from fossil fuels means investing in our collective future. Refusing to divest means actively choosing to invest in a system that is hastening the end of human society. Princeton, please, stand on the right side of history.

Professor of Sociology, University of Maryland Contributing Author, IPCC WG3 Sixth Assessment Report. ​ "To date, Oxford University, Harvard, Brown, Georgetown, American University, and the University of California system have committed to divest from fossil fuels. Princeton should join this exclusive club of forward-thinking institutions and show the world that the university is following through on its promise in the service of the nation and the world."

Divestment is an important tool to signal dissent. We need to invest in a cleaner future for all life on earth.

The effects of climate change are increasingly apparent, as we appreciate the damage that increasing global pandemics, social injustic, and extreme weather can inflict on bodies and minds. The denialism of the fossil fuel companies has undermined the future of all Princeton students, jeopardizing the security of their food, water, health, and nation. Princeton cannot be committed to truth and student well being and continue to subsidize companies which cause and deny harm.

"The least that Princeton University can do is divest all its fossil fuel assets. We know Princeton has made some effort to combat climate change through its research, and we are proud of its efforts. But we are not proud that Princeton, with its huge endowment, still feels it must profit from the climate crisis. The university needs to join the growing tide of universities, foundations, and other institutions in fully divesting its endowment from fossil fuels. Show the world that Princeton al

Princeton must divest from fossil fuel companies immediately to stop contributing to the climate crisis. It undermines its own forward-thinking research in this field by acting in direct opposition to what these findings urge us to do. Any financial gains from these investments do not come close to outweighing the detrimental consequences for the planet, which are no longer abstract projections but an alarming reality we are faced with today.

The carbon in the ground only becomes money when it is dumped into our air. To even slow the acceleration of our climate disasters, we must remove the financial motivation to dump carbon into our shared reservoir of air. Princeton's underwriting of these companies is a disservice to planetary habitability.

Money talks. Divestment matters. Princeton's got the funds and platform to make real change, and with those funds and that platform come the responsibility to make the world a better place.

The carbon in the ground only becomes money when it is dumped into our air. To even slow the acceleration of our climate disasters, we must remove the financial motivation to dump carbon into our shared reservoir of air. Princeton's underwriting of these companies is a disservice to planetary habitability.

"If "Princeton in the Nation’s Service and in the Service of the World” is to be anything more than empty verbiage, then the university must stop benefiting financially from an industry that has allowed its entrenched greed to lead our civilization towards suicide. The entire sector has been rejected institutional investors with trillions of dollars because they understand it has no future.. Divest Princeton has done the best analysis of the urgent need for divestment I have ever seen. Princeton

"In the face of the overwhelming nature of the climate crisis, I look for levers of power and change to which I have access. Princeton is a powerful lever; I have thrown my weight as an alumna, and gathered the weight of other alumni, to push the University to act "in the service of humanity" and hasten our transition away from fossil fuels, through every means available--including divestment."

Princeton will not be "in the nation's service and in the service of humanity" until it uses both its intellectual and financial influence to fight the climate crisis.

Princeton has a duty--to its immediate community and to the planet--to be a responsible steward of its resources. That means not only increasing its endowment of close to $30 billion, but investing it morally. "Princeton" is more than an abstract concept: as a corporation, its actions have real consequences. Recycling and building "environmentally friendly" dorms is not enough. Princeton's real impact comes through its staggering financial power.

To put it fairly bluntly, Princeton will have blood on its hands and will have little credibility in claiming to be in the service of all humanity by running itself like a hedge fund and profiting on carbon emissions and the loss of biodiversity, loss of land, and loss of life that anthropogenic climate change will and already has created.

"My grandfather (1915), father (1942), and myself (1973) all graduated from Princeton. A professor of Classics and Theater at Stanford University. I have been involved in environmental activism for some time, presenting an environmental theater piece *Voices of the Earth: From Sophocles to Rachel Carson and Beyond.* A phrase popular when I was an undergraduate - "Princeton in the Nation's Service" - would urge the university to divest from fossil fuels, as there is *nothing* that Princeton..."