{"id":1939,"date":"2013-05-17T13:41:14","date_gmt":"2013-05-17T13:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/?p=1939"},"modified":"2013-05-17T13:41:14","modified_gmt":"2013-05-17T13:41:14","slug":"university-of-delaware-heating-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/usa\/university-of-delaware-heating-up\/","title":{"rendered":"University of Delaware: Heating Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Jock\u00a0Gilchrist, Senior with Fossil Free UD<\/p>\n<p>Fossil Free UD finished out the spring semester with a bang. On the National Divestment Day of Action on May 2<sup>nd<\/sup>, the group administered a poll and had 95% of students surveyed say they support socially responsible investing. 89% said they support fossil fuel divestment and reinvestment in carbon neutral or clean energy companies. To formalize this widespread support, the group submitted a StUDent Government Association proposal on May 4<sup>th<\/sup>.<a href=\"https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/files\/2013\/05\/divest2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1940\" alt=\"Divestment Survey\" src=\"https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/files\/2013\/05\/divest2-300x224.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The proposal was finally presented on May 14<sup>th<\/sup>. After a few questions and brief discussion, about 15 student Senators voted for the proposal, none against it, and about 5 abstained. With the passing of this resolution, the University of Delaware joins the ranks of a few other world-class universities whose student governments have taken action on divestment and made strides towards a more sustainable future. The proposal, now adopted by SGA, urges administration to make divestment a real priority.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/files\/2013\/05\/fossilfreedom-doa2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1941 alignright\" alt=\"fossilfreedom doa2\" src=\"https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/files\/2013\/05\/fossilfreedom-doa2-300x224.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe state of Delaware is particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change because its average elevation is the lowest in the country, at only 60 feet. This means that, according to some models, 11% of the state will be underwater by the year 2100. As the state\u2019s most prominent university, UD claims to value sustainability and makes efforts towards implementing green changes here and there. But it\u2019s illogical to financially support companies that are the antithesis to sustainability, and that are jeopardizing the future that UD works so hard to prepare its students for. Now that the student body\u2019s desire for sustainability in both talk and practice has been codified by a student government resolution, administration won\u2019t be able to shrug off the divestment discussion so easily. UD\u2019s motto is \u201cDare to be First.\u201d Let\u2019s make sure they act on this commitment to leadership.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jock\u00a0Gilchrist, Senior with Fossil Free UD Fossil Free UD finished out the spring semester with a bang. On the<span class=\"text-cutoff\">&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":1940,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1939\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/usa\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}