University of Florida student senate passes ‘green new deal’

In a rebuke to Governor Ron DeSantis's denialism, the student body calls for campus-wide measures to tackle the climate crisis

The University of Florida student senate voted in favour of a green new deal" late on Tuesday, becoming the first public university to adopt such a resolution through student government.

The mandate - which was unanimously passed - calls for sweeping campus-wide measures to tackle the climate crisis that include just transition, total divestment from fossil fuels, disclosure of the university's financial ties within the private sector and a ban on receiving research funding from the fossil fuel industry.