Keep it in the ground: fossil fuel divestment leaps at universities
by Guardian Staff from on (#22NP2)
43 UK universities have pledged to dump investments in fossil fuels, having accepted the arguments of campaigners
Pretty much all we know about climate change comes from academia, which makes the news of a leap in fossil fuel divestment by universities in the UK particularly important.
On so many issues over the decades, where universities lead, society follows. Now, as I report here, 43 UK universities have pledged to dump investments in fossil fuels, having accepted the arguments of campaigners that funding these companies is both economically and morally bankrupt.
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