This is a textbook case of hypocrisy, classic do-as-I-say-not-as-I-do elitism.

The Cornell Review reports.

Cornell Daily Sun Calls for Fossil Fuel Divestment, Continues to Print 300,000 Newspapers per Semester

The Cornell Daily Sun’s latest staff editorial, “Failing Shared Governance”, calls on the Cornell’s Board of Trustees to divest the university’s endowment from fossil fuel companies.

The piece is in reaction to the board’s recent decision not to divest and its creation of new standards whereby the board will only vote to divest the endowment from companies whose actions are “morally reprehensible”.

An excerpt from the editorial:

“However, we believe that by all standards, the fossil fuels industry meets the Board’s requirements for divestment. The way the actions of fossil fuel giants contribute to the consistent rise in global temperature is ‘morally reprehensible.’