Dear President Philip J.

Hanlon and the Dartmouth College Board of Trustees, We write to you as a growing coalition of students, alumni, staff and faculty1 concerned about our future. In 1980, when many of you were students at Dartmouth, global atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration was 335 parts per million. Today, it is 401 parts per million,2 the highest it has been in human history. Given the overwhelming scientific consensus regarding climate change and its farreaching impacts, we are fearful for the global problems the next generation of Dartmouth students will face without real, ambitious, and immediate action. Each of the students co-signing this letter has devoted their time at Dartmouth to furthering their understanding of the climate crisis and their role in finding a solution. We have risen to the stated core value of the College: to instill a sense of responsibility for each other and for the broader world. We take John Sloan Dickeys words to heart in making the worlds troubles our own. We are grateful for all that Dartmouth has given us, and we feel obligated to do everything in our power to slow rapid climate change. We, as members of the Dartmouth community, have a unique opportunity to make a positive impact on the world. Dartmouth has made great strides in sustainability, and we want to thank you for your existing initiatives. Significant efforts to reduce campus energy consumption and waste are being made, and we are grateful for the vision of our inspirational Director of Sustainability, Rosalie Kerr. Ongoing efforts to move Dartmouth away from Number 6 fuel oil are vital. Yet, these infrastructural shifts on campus do not operate on a scale commensurate with the climate crisis. Dartmouths impact goes beyond campus, and we have the opportunity to influence change on a societal scale. As the first Ivy League institution to divest from corporations operating in South Africa under Apartheid, Dartmouth has a strong history of leadership in investor responsibility. We hope for the College to continue that legacy and take a strong moral stand against climate change. The divestment of influential institutions from fossil fuel extraction companies is a crucial step towards a clean energy future. This action would set a national precedent that continued dependence on nonrenewable resources, and their devastating social and environmental impacts, is unacceptable. As former Dartmouth President Jim Yong Kim said last month, Through policy reforms, we can divest and tax that which we dont want, the carbon that threatens development gains over the last 20 years. We request that the Investment Office make public the Colleges holdings in the top 200 fossil fuel companies, by proven reserves.3 We invite you to meet with us this coming weekend to discuss this request, and Dartmouths position on these issues. We look forward to working with you to help make Dartmouth an institution that we can all be proud to call home. Thank you. Sincerely, Morgan Curtis 14 Rachel Carter 14 James Kennedy 14 Sam Kernan 14 Leehi Yona 16 Annie-Laurie Maughs-Pugh 14 Sam Parker 15 Noah Cramer 16 Tim Serkes Th15 Margaret Lane 17 Caroline Resor 17 Amalia Siegel 16 Fabian Stocek 17 Alice Winham 17

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campaigns.gofossilfree.org/petitions/dartmouth-college Mauna Loa Observatory: U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 3 gofossilfree.org/companies