Oregon State University’s reputation as an environmental leader is threatened by continuing to invest in fossil fuel companies. Climate change is already loading the dice for extreme weather events like the droughts across most of the Northwest. Recent reports show that the fossil fuel industry has five times more carbon in its reserves than scientists say we can burn and still keep warming below 2 degrees C, a target that every country on earth has agreed to. Fossil fuel divestment is a clear way for OSU to live up to its values and help society address this crisis. Urge the OSU Foundation to stop investing in companies that are wrecking the planet that future OSU students — and all of our children — will inherit.
Ken Winograd
Corvallis, ore.
