So, the day after being publicly shamed into not taking $9mm in taxpayer “relief” funds, Harvard details its new policy to try to use its $41bn endowment to hammer American jobs and defund energy, automobiles, airlines, construction & manufacturing:https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2020/04/economist-talks-endowment-strategy-and-environmental-change/ …
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At the same time it’s using its vast resources to try to bully the American economy, Harvard happily takes over $600mm in federal funding each year for research.
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Well, if Harvard is going to actively work to destroy American jobs, it seems to me the federal government should redirect those funds elsewhere:https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2020/04/economist-talks-endowment-strategy-and-environmental-change/ …
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So, the co’s that Harvard will now not invest in (or divest from) presumably include: oil & gas; coal; electricity (other than pure wind & solar); EVERY car company; ALL airplanes & air travel; ALL trains; ALL trucking; ALL steel; UPS & FedEx; Amazon & ANY Tech that delivers....
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You don't care about blue-collar America.
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You realize that about 35,000 Texans work in renewable energy jobs - many blue collar jobs - in Texas, don’t you, Senator? The virus has hit that sector, too, but it’s an important employer of mechanics, installers, electricians, etc.https://houston.innovationmap.com/texas-clean-energy-jobs-take-a-hit-2645790394.html …
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We’ll see how clean “clean energy” turns out to be in 20 yrs when wind turbines are broken down & solar panels are no longer producing. Do they
#recycle? Renew? Reuse? Didn’t’t think so ...
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Didn't you go there? Disclose your donation records!
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"This is wrong, cynical, elitist, and cruel. It’s virtue signaling for the rich & powerful, at the expense of blue-collar America." - EVERYTHING YOU BELIEVE IN.
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