Refuel Our Future encourages Hopkins to divest from fossil fuels
Reporting about the SGA, not a record of it: The Johns Hopkins News-Letter published this and the SGA did not write it, file it, or approve it. The archive holds it because the article itself uses the phrases “sga” and “student government”.
Summary
- This Johns Hopkins News-Letter article reports on Refuel Our Future’s campaign for fossil-fuel divestment and its recruiting efforts.
- The News-Letter reported that an event drew more than 50 students and that Refuel’s total sign-ups reached about 100.
- The paper reported that board member Nina Krauss said the group was recruiting and preparing a 12-page research proposal for the administration; she added, “The proposal is drafted.”
- The article says Krauss reported that more than $300 million of the University’s endowment was invested in fossil-fuel companies, while a 2012 SGA ballot survey found 73 percent of students supported divestment.
- The reporter writes that Krauss said less than one percent of the approximately $3.5 billion endowment was invested in fossil fuels, but that this still represented a significant amount.
- According to the article, freshman David Gumino said he opposed the University’s fossil-fuel investments and supported divesting sooner rather than later.