Hundreds of students call on NUI Galway to stop investing in fossil fuels

Galway Bay fm newsroom – A petition of over 1000 signatures will be presented to the President of NUI Galway next week asking him to sell off the university’s shares in fossil fuels.
The Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security society has published a report on fossil fuel investments at NUI Galway.
It has revealed that the university has invested 3.4 million euro worth of shares in companies such as Gazprom and Statoil.
The CCAFS society is calling on the university President to divest from fossil fuels, and become more socially responsible with regard to climate change.