UAlbany faculty wants pension fund to divest from fossil fuels
One of several campuses calling for end to oil and gas investment
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Students such as these youngsters from Albany High School, have called for fossil fuel divestment as part of the fight against climate change.Times Union file photo
ALBANY — Members of the University at Albany’s faculty senate are calling for their pension fund administrator to divest from fossil fuel companies, joining a growing list of campuses to do so.
“In passing this resolution calling upon TIAA to divest its fossil fuel holdings, the academic and professional faculty of UAlbany took a strong stand on behalf of environmental justice and sustainability,” said Ron Friedman, a UAlbany associate professor of psychology who helped push through the divestment resolution, which passed on Wednesday.