February 16, 2022
Why We Filed a Legal Complaint Against Princeton
By Lisa Herforth-Hebbert
A coalition of Princeton students, faculty, staff, and alumni has called for an investigation of the university’s continued investments in the fossil fuel industry.
By Hannah Reynolds and Lynne Archibald
There’s no question that change is hard. Addressing the existential threat of climate change is even harder. But, at this point, institutions that continue to partner with and invest in an industry that has blatantly contributed to the climate crisis and continued to engage in climate disinformation have no excuse for their socially, ecologically, and economically unsustainable portfolios. By continuing to invest in the fossil fuel industry, such institutions, including Princeton University, support the social license and legitimacy of the fossil fuel actors that have done so much to bring us to this point.
Princeton has never confirmed the value of its holdings in fossil fuel companies. However, publicly available data from other schools suggest Princeton has hundreds of millions of dollars invested in the industry.
