RYAN KRUGMAN
BIO
Ryan (he/him) is a recent graduate of St. Lawrence University and is currently pursuing an MA in Climate and Society at the Columbia Climate School. While at Columbia, Ryan is studying climate change journalism, grassroots activism, and climate justice. He is an active member of the Sunrise Movement and other organizing groups in NYC.
In a historic statement on October 22, New York City Comptroller Brad Lander announced support for a plan to divest the cityβs pension funds from downstream and midstream fossil fuel infrastructure. Paired with previous divestments in upstream infrastructure and public holdings in fossil fuels, this plan would make NYC the first major U.S. city to fully divest major public pension funds from fossil fuel infrastructure. Lander has been showered with praise for this decision. But where is the praise for the activists who helped make it happen through direct action?