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Bill passed by parliament means more than €300m shares in coal, oil, peat and gas will be sold ‘as soon as practicable’

From Wall Street to the pope, many increasingly see fossil fuels as anything but a sure bet. That gives us reason to hope

At a gathering of fossil fuel executives at the Vatican, Pope Francis spoke much-needed common sense about climate change

Environmental campaigner and founder of 350.org says the financial sector has picked up on the future of energy much quicker than politicians • Sign up to receive the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning

Bob Dudley faces criticism for calling for university to ‘come to its senses’ over divestment

Sharp rise globally in the dirtiest fossil fuel investments reverses progress made after the Paris agreement, with tar sands holdings more than doubling in Trump’s first year in office

Britain should follow China’s example on renewables, writes Feargal Dalton, and Ian Paul urges the UK to step up to the recycling challenge. Neil Sinclair wants a fossil fuel-free February, while Grace Hewson wants a plastic-free...

MPs’ pension fund must dump fossil fuel investment, says Caroline Lucas; and the government should look to getting out of nuclear power, writes Paul DonovanThe government’s decision to allow pension funds to dump investments...

New York just sent a big message to the fossil fuel industry. The state is freezing all fossil fuel investments - and they are divesting almost $400 billion in pension funds from the industry, according to Grist. In a statement,...

Exclusive: pension schemes will be free to dump fossil fuel investments after government drops ‘best returns’ legal rules

Axa will also stop insuring US oil pipelines for business and ethical reasons, taking fossil fuel divestment to new level

The benefits of clean growth lay at the heart of our industrial strategy. But we must be at the forefront of the effort to keep global temperature rises at manageable levels

Climate change is at the heart of Labour’s industrial strategy, which means investing in green tech and renewable energy, and divesting from fossil fuels

Norway raked in money from oil in the past. But now the country's Norges Bank, which manages its $1 trillion sovereign wealth fund - the world's largest - is recommending the government dump fossil fuel stocks. They said...

Local authorities invest £16bn in fossil fuel companies. In Southwark, we will no longer do this