From: Sandra Finley
Sent: September-23-14
To: Gordon Barnhart, President of the University of Saskatchewan; Vianne Timmons, President of the University of Regina
Cc: ‘Elizabeth Williamson, Secretary, U of S
Subject: A note re investments
Dear Gordon Barnhart and Vianne Timmins,
I sent the following information to investment people. I would be remiss if I didn’t send it also to the Universities, at least in Saskatchewan. JUST IN CASE you did not catch it through other channels.
Best wishes,
Sandra Finley
Elected Senator
U of S
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From: Sandra Finley
Sent: September-23-14
Subject: A note re investments
Hi Tom and Marlis,
Just in case you have not seen it – I am sending these developments to you because of significance for investments.
The full story includes a group of students who started “Divest/Invest” four years ago. They made it difficult for the Ivy League Universities to hold onto fossil fuel investments in their endowment portfolios. Down to the situation today: Rockefeller heirs have joined in a pledge to divest more than $56 billion of fossil fuel investments to reinvest in clean energy on the eve of a major climate change summit in New York.
There’s an excellent interview on the developments, by Amy Goodman, Democracy Now. Click on http://www.nationofchange.org/heirs-billionaire-oil-tycoon-john-d-rockefeller-join-growing-fossil-fuel-divestment-movement-1411401
(The ABC News Report is at http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-09-23/rockefeller-family-to-sell-oil-investments-to-reinvest-in-renew/5761966)
This all comes at the same time as the 310,000 protesters in the streets of New York (Sept 21). Joined by thousands more in various cities around the world.
The protests continued into yesterday, with people in NY arrested last night. The Guardian newspaper report:
Dozens arrested as police face off with Flood Wall Street protesters http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/sep/22/flood-wall-street-protest-arrest-police-climate-change-new-york
Anyhow, thought you might like to know.
/Sandra