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(10/18/16 2:36am)
On Thursday, Sept. 22 just after 3:00 p.m., I was flipping through my phone while waiting for the exams to be passed out in my Biology class. After seeing a text to the Fossil Free Penn coordinator Groupme that we had received an email from the trustees, I put my phone in my backpack. I wondered what was happening as I heard my phone vibrate over and over again while I took my exam. After class, I went home and checked my email to find out that the trustees had rejected divestment.
(04/08/15 2:05am)
Just over a month ago, the undergraduates voted whether Penn should divest from fossil fuels, and an overwhelming 87.8 percent of participants voted yes. After this amazing success, it is only natural to wonder what comes next in terms of Penn actually divesting from fossil fuels. Unfortunately, it does not mean that Penn will automatically divest, and the process is slower than optimal. Even so, we are in it for the long haul and are taking the next steps in order to see full fossil fuel divestment come to fruition.
(02/19/15 3:23am)
Climate change is scary. 2014 was the hottest year on record. Scientific predictions of climate change impacts are being realized as we encounter more extreme storms, rising sea levels and devastating droughts. These facts can be disempowering, and I think many of us — especially the youth who must inherit an increasingly unlivable climate — have felt the discomfort of wondering whether such destructive changes can ever be stopped. Yet very soon there will be a concrete opportunity for Penn students to take action against the climate crisis. Next week, all undergraduates will have the opportunity to vote in the Nominations & Elections Committee referendum on fossil fuel divestment and clean energy reinvestment.
