Home › Rockefellers, Heirs to an Oil Fortune, Will Divest Charity From Fossil Fuels
 

Keywords :   


Rockefellers, Heirs to an Oil Fortune, Will Divest Charity From Fossil Fuels

2014-09-22 05:41:21| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

New York Times: John D. Rockefeller built a vast fortune on oil. Now his heirs are abandoning fossil fuels. The family whose legendary wealth flowed from Standard Oil is planning to announce on Monday that its $860 million philanthropic organization, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, is joining the divestment movement that began a couple years ago on college campuses. The announcement, timed to precede Tuesdays opening of the United Nations climate change summit meeting in New York City, is part of a broader and...

Tags: oil charity fortune fossil

Category:Electronics and Electrical

Latest from this category

All news
»
02.05Farm Progress America, May 2, 2024
02.05Farm Progress America, May 2, 2024
02.05UK forecast for slowest growth of richest nations
02.05Building gigafactory 'going to be a wild ride'
02.05Uber faces 250m London black cab drivers lawsuit
02.05New Febreze Car Dials Up the Intensity in Automotive Air Care
02.05Monadnock Paper Mills appoints Chloe Jones
02.05The insect farmers turning to AI to help lower costs
More »