State College Fossil Fuel Divestment

[Katherine Watt]

State College Mayor Urges Fossil Fuel Divestment

http://www.sfgate.com/business/energy/article/State-College-mayor-urges-fossil-fuel-divestment-4464362.php

The mayor of the central Pennsylvania borough of State College has endorsed a campaign that urges municipalities to divest from fossil fuel companies, the environmental group 350.org said in a release Thursday.

Borough Mayor Elizabeth Goreham joined nine other mayors in urging municipalities to divest from the top 200 fossil fuel companies because of climate change, but other officials said the issue hasn't been voted on.

"That's just her speaking personally, as mayor," said borough council member Thomas Daubert, who noted that the question hasn't been discussed yet at a public meeting. 

Goreham couldn't be reached for comment, but Daubert said he knew she had been considering the issue.

Daubert said a full council vote would be needed for official action. He wouldn't speculate on what the council might do, but said that most of the members "are middle-of-the-road type people."...

The other mayors who have endorsed divesting from fossil fuel companies are from Madison, Wis., Bayfield, Wis., Ithaca, N.Y., Boulder, Colo., Eugene, Ore., Richmond, Calif., Berkeley, Calif., San Francisco, Calif., and Seattle, Wash.

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Online: www.350.org

Katherine Watt

156 West Hamilton