Blue and Green: Student campaigners at Edinburgh University have accused staff of being in the pockets of the fossil fuel industry after the University Court refused to divest from fossil fuels, despite recommendations to pull the plug on investments in coal and tar sands.
The university court, the highest decision making body in the university, was criticised on Tuesday by students, who say that it has ignored calls from students, staff and alumni to divest from fossil fuel companies. Students also accused...