Princeton Forfeits Its Leadership on Climate

Betrayal is what comes to mind in reading about Princeton’s decision to abandon its painstakingly developed commitment to dissociation/divestment from the fossil fuel industry. Princo’s former president Andrew Golden hit the nail on the head with “… our principles should not be for sale.” By contrast his successor Vincent Tuohey now argues for “greater flexibility.” It is distressing to see Princeton choose flexibility over principle. Does anyone reading this think that global climate conditions are improving? Does this feel like service to the nation and humanity? With this decision Princeton has forfeited the leadership it had begun to demonstrate and betrayed the entire Princeton community.