Students accuse Cambridge university of 'greenwashing' ties with oil firms

Activists call Cambridge Zero initiative a 'PR stunt to divert attention from links to fossil fuel industry'

Student activists at Cambridge have accused the university of attempting to greenwash its relationship with oil and gas firms by stealing their group's name for a project led by an academic linked to the fossil fuel industry.

Cambridge University is to launch its Cambridge Zero initiative at an event in London next week. The project's website, which is already live, touts it as a "bold response to the world's greatest challenge".