By Ben Hopper<\/p>\n
A new bill to create a divestment task force was passed by the Ramapo Student Government Association (SGA) on Monday, March 15. This bill, proposed by Secretary of Sustainability Zo\u00eb Tucker-Borrut and introduced by Senate Vice President Nicholas Bykov, passed unanimously with a vote of 17-0-0 in favor of it.<\/span><\/p>\n Divestment is the act of shifting investments from going towards fossil fuels to being put towards more environmentally friendly and sustainable alternatives instead. Divestment brings a number of benefits with it including working to combat climate change through eliminating the use of fossil fuels. Along with its environmentally conscious benefits divestment has been shown to not bring any negative financial side effects with it.<\/span><\/p>\n In Tucker-Borrut\u2019s presentation for divestment she used a quote from environmentalist Bill McKibben to illustrate the importance of college\u2019s getting involved with divestment, \u201cIf their college\u2019s endowment is invested in fossil-fuel stock, then their educations are being subsidized by investments that guarantee that they won\u2019t have much of a planet on which to make use of their degree.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n