Provosts and purple prose: Critiquing ‘dialogue’ Lily Zheng April 21, 2015 29 Comments Dialogue already exists on this campus. Resources are already available for those who want to learn. What this campus needs more of is not dialogue, but action. Not silence, but justice. Read More »
Fossil Free Stanford: Open letter to the Stanford University Board of Trustees Op Ed April 8, 2015 4 Comments The scale and severity of the climate crisis demands that production of all fossil fuels be curtailed. Therefore, Fossil Free Stanford has called for full divestment from oil and gas companies as... Read More »
Faculty meet with Hennessy to discuss divestment from fossil fuels Victor Xu February 17, 2015 7 Comments Yesterday morning, three professors arguing for Stanford’s divestment from fossil fuels met with President John Hennessy to discuss their stance. Representing the 369 faculty signatories of a letter... Read More »
Don’t divest from fossil fuels Matthew Cohen November 6, 2014 9 Comments While scientists across the board recognize the long term dangers that arise from not addressing climate change, Stanford divesting from fossil fuels is impractical, hypocritical, and distracts us... Read More »
Fossil failure: why Stanford’s future depends on divesting from dirty energy Op Ed October 23, 2014 2 Comments Our money and our values are inextricably intertwined. As Stanford faculty and an alum, I encourage Stanford to invest in a fossil free future, which will pay dividends for many generations to come. Read More »
Climate change: a test of conviction Op Ed October 23, 2014 7 Comments In April 2013, in my role as a San Francisco Supervisor, when an initiative came before the Board of Supervisors urging our retirement board to fully divest of fossil fuel holdings within five years,... Read More »
Study predicts California will use only renewable energy by 2050 Caroline Harris September 25, 2014 3 Comments In a study published by Energy in June, a group of Stanford academics predicted that California will use only renewable energy by 2050. Read More »
A Conflicted Interest Holly Moeller July 10, 2014 0 Comments VANCOUVER, B.C.: I have been fortunate to live in many places, but none have ever felt like “home” in the way the Pacific Northwest does. It has the gray skies and rainy days that soothe my... Read More »