Elizabeth Ousley of Nederland joins students during a march and rally to urge the University of Colorado to divest from fossil fuels on Feb. 13. (Jeremy Papasso, Daily Camera file)
Re: “Sustainable investment conference takes on fossil-fuel divestment,” May 8 business news story.
I was puzzled by your article on the University of Colorado Board of Regents’ 7-2 vote against fossil-fuel divestment. The article relates how regents passed a resolution affirming CU’s energy holdings “over student protests.” The record shows there were exactly two CU students who spoke during the public comment period of our April 16 meeting — both of whom spoke in favor of the resolution.
I’m dismayed by the article’s hint that the agitation for fossil-fuel divestment at universities is only secondarily political. One glance at the websites for the organizations that hosted the “sustainable investment conference” covered in the article tells it all. This is a political movement bent on more government control. They are merely cloaking their political agenda with questionable financial arguments.
I have every confidence in the professionals we charge with making decisions about CU’s investment strategies.
John Carson, Highlands Ranch
The writer is a member of the University of Colorado Board of Regents.
This letter was published in the May 15 edition.
