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Medical personnel check a woman evacuated from her home near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant for radiation exposure on March 16, 2011.Asahi Shimbun via EPA https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/japan-s-divestment-campaign-pits-buddhist-priest-against-banks-n876301 In the wake of Fukushima, Tomonobu Narita is at the forefront of a movement … Continue reading →

Harvard’s sevenfold increase in oil and gas investments in the third quarter of 2014 flies in the face of campaigns urging the university to divest from fossil fuels. Photograph: Paul Weiskel/Corbis Suzanne Goldenberg Wed 14 Jan 2015 07.40 EST Harvard … Continue reading →

Environmentalists rally in Boston in February 2014 to demand state legislators support a bill requiring divestment from the state’s fossil fuel holdings Photograph: Paul Weiskel/Paul Weiskel/Demotix/Corbis The speed at which the fossil fuel divestment campaign is growing seems to have … Continue reading →

Environmentalists rally in Boston, US, to demand state legislators support a bill that would require divestment from the state’s fossil fuel holdings. Photograph: Paul Weiskel/Corbis This Q&A is part of the Guardian’s ultimate climate change FAQ Emma Howard Divestment is … Continue reading →

Jan 10, 2018 In more climate news, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is slated to announce today that New York City is divesting the city’s five pension funds of $5 billion in fossil fuel investments. New York City … Continue reading →

Daily Comment By Bill McKibben,  December 21, 2017 Tuesday should have been a day of unmitigated joy for America’s oil and gas executives. The new G.O.P. tax bill treats their companies with great tenderness, reducing even further their federal tax … Continue reading →