Divest Princeton

Late reply but short answer is no. Too bad there is no way to cast a blank vote in protest…

Princeton University implicated in Gaza and Sudan wars, report says A new campaign aims to reveal how American universities are embroiled in the wider American military-industrial complex

"This report exposes the deep hypocrisy that has been festering long before this latest wave of academic repression.Universities claim to be 'in service to humanity' while helping to develop technologies that obliterate flesh & blood human beings" - R. Benjamin

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Princeton, break up with BP “BP cannot be considered a credible climate partner for Princeton’s research, and its relationship cannot continue.”

BP has NO place at Princeton…(or any other university that isn’t just a front for fossil fuel interests)

www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2024...

So Princeton’s “Net Zero America” report funded by BP and Exxon maybe got things a bit wrong? How surprising…

New Jersey is burning. Stop pretending Princeton won’t. “In the wake of these dire warnings, it is time for the University to remember that the climate crisis will one day affect Princeton’s campus even more directly — and to redouble its commitments to le...

“Too often, Princeton pretends that climate change is a purely global problem, rather than a pressingly local one.”

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Academic Institutions Under Fire for Fossil Fuel Funding | OilPrice.com Despite growing divestment movements, academic institutions continue to receive substantial funding from fossil fuel companies, raising concerns about conflicts of interest in academic research.

Princeton in the news again - for all the wrong reasons…

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University of Toronto students score a win for the climate — and campus protests more broadly With student dissent under fire, a victory over fossil fuel influence at the University of Toronto offers hope and inspiration.

“Princeton’s abandonment of its fossil free research pledge may foreshadow headwinds campus activism are likely to encounter under a second Trump administration.”
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Then again, maybe I won’t…
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Exclusive: Exxon lobbyist investigated over hack-and-leak of environmentalist emails, sources say The FBI has been investigating a longtime Exxon Mobil consultant over the contractor's alleged role in a hack-and-leak operation that targeted hundreds of the oil company’s biggest critics, according to three people familiar with the matter.

“A sense of shame is not a bad moral compass.” - Colin Powell
#exxonknew

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Real universities don’t sell out their students’ futures…
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VC and a Lack of Tech Stocks Took a Bite Out of Princeton’s Returns The university’s endowment returned 3.9 percent for fiscal year 2024, well below that of its Ivy League peers.

So it turns out PRINCO’s poor return for this past year didn’t actually have anything to do with Princeton divesting from fossil fuels…surprise surprise

www.institutionalinvestor.com/article/2dxr...