Resolution: EA R5: Support of the Divestment from Fossil Fuels

Date03/05/2020
ActionAcknowledged by the President
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Dear Adam,

Thank you for submitting Employee Assembly Resolution 5, “Support of the Divestment from Fossil Fuels,” for my consideration.

As you know, the Board of Trustees has delineated a process for considering divestment proposals. While the process affords the president the opportunity to send any assembly-passed divestment resolution to the board for consideration, I believe it is appropriate that all five of Cornell’s representative bodies have a say on a matter as consequential as fossil-fuel divestment. This topic is best brought before the board with an understanding of where each of our shared governance bodies stand on the matter.

As you know, to date the Employee Assembly and Graduate and Professional Student Assembly have joined the UA in passing fossil fuel divestment resolutions. My understanding is that the Faculty Senate and the Student Assembly will soon be acting on similar resolutions, and I will wait for those actions to be taken before forwarding all the resolutions to the board.

Thank you again for supporting the smooth functioning of our system of shared governance.

Sincerely,

Martha Pollack

 

Martha E. Pollack

President, Cornell University

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