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Philanthropies including Rockefellers pledge $50 billion fossil fuel divestment
2014-09-22 13:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The Rockefellers, who made their vast fortune on oil, and other philanthropies and high-wealth individuals on Monday will announce pledges to divest a total of $50 billion from fossil fuel investments. The Global Divest-Invest coalition will announce new pledges and members one day before 120 heads of state address the United Nations on how their countries will contribute to a global effort to halt a dangerous rise in temperatures. Since the divestment movement launched three years ago, some...
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