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- UK's biggest pension fund begins fossil fuels divestment Wed, 29 Jul 20, 3:01pmNational Employment Savings Trust to shun firms involved in coal, tar sands or arctic drilling
- UK MPs call for extra £30bn to aid green recovery from Covid-19 Wed, 27 May 20, 8:23pmCross-party group calls for ‘faster, further, fairer’ action to tackle climate and nature crisis
- Coal industry will never recover after coronavirus pandemic, say experts Sun, 17 May 20, 8:01pmCrisis has proved renewable energy is now a safer investment, and accelerated the shift
- 'Coronavirus profiteers' condemned as polluters gain bailout billions Fri, 17 Apr 20, 7:00pmLeaders condemn backing of global sectors that disregard green economy goals
- Shell unveils plans to become net-zero carbon company by 2050 Thu, 16 Apr 20, 8:11pmFirm to cut carbon intensity by selling more green energy but critics say first step must be to stop new drilling
- Global Witness accuses UK of 'rank hypocrisy' on fossil fuel projects Tue, 17 Mar 20, 11:01amCampaign group says UK’s export credit agency broke OECD’s rules with £2m of fossil fuel financing
- Spend £8bn to kickstart plan to decarbonise economy, chancellor told Wed, 4 Mar 20, 5:01pmReport claims Rishi Sunak has unique opportunity to invest in zero-carbon infrastructure
- Anger over World Bank's $55m pledge to Guyana's fossil fuel industry Thu, 27 Feb 20, 5:00pmCampaigners say move is ‘blatant contradiction’ of lender’s climate commitments
- JP Morgan to withdraw support for some fossil fuels Tue, 25 Feb 20, 11:48pmIndustry’s largest financier pledges to end loans to Arctic oil drillers and coalminers
- Bank of England under pressure over board member's oil links Mon, 24 Feb 20, 12:00amGreen campaigners seek to embarrass Bank over role of Tullow Oil exec Dorothy Thompson
- Beware oil execs in environmentalists’ clothing – BP could derail real change | Alice Bell Fri, 14 Feb 20, 9:43pmIf a company that made its name in oil wants us to believe it can be part of the climate solution, it needs to stop drillingBP’s got a new boss, Bernard Looney...
- In the ground and off the page: why we’re banning ads from fossil fuels extractors Sat, 1 Feb 20, 11:00pmThe Guardian has become the first major global news organisation to institute an outright ban on taking money from companies that extract fossil fuels...
- Composting success with Guardian wrap | Brief letters Sat, 1 Feb 20, 4:24amBiodegradable potato-starch bags | Fossil fuel advertising | Marmalade | Sponges and loofahsI have just turned my “active” compost heap, which has received all the Guardian biodegradable bags since they were introduced...
- Bushfire survivors join claim against ANZ for financing climate crisis Thu, 30 Jan 20, 6:47pmThree survivors joined Friends of the Earth to accuse ANZ of misleading consumers by investing in fossil fuel projects
- New Cumbria coalmine 'incompatible' with climate crisis goals Wed, 15 Jan 20, 5:00pmFacility threatens UK’s aim to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, report says