Trustees Byrum, Ferguson, Foster, Kelly, Knake, Mosallam, Scott and Tebay,

We, the undersigned, are members of the Spartan community, including students, faculty, staff and alumni. We write to you deeply concerned with Michigan State’s investments in fossil fuels.

Fossil fuel investments, defined as investments in any company with proven carbon reserves, any company that explores for, extracts, processes, refines, or transmits coal, oil, and gas and any utilities that burn fossil fuels to produce electricity do not uphold your vow in Michigan State’s Investment Policy General Statement to exhibit “social conscience.”

Fossil fuel investments are contributing to the global climate crisis and the destruction of our future and the future of our planet. We stand with the Association of Big Ten Students to demand that you immediately cease all investments in fossil fuels and uphold your commitment to ethical investment.