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Church of England cuts Wonga ties
2014-07-10 23:57:57| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The Church of England says it no longer has any investment in payday lender Wonga.
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Church of England vows to fight 'great demon' of climate change
2014-02-13 01:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The Church of England has said that it will, as a last resort, pull its investments from companies that fail to do enough to fight the "great demon" of climate change and ignore the church's theological, moral and social priorities. Although the church's Ethical Investment Advisory Group (EIAG) has resisted calls for the church to pull its money from fossil fuel companies, insisting that engagement is the best way to effect change, its deputy chairman told the General Synod that it was considering...
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Church of England in 'fracking land-grab'
2013-08-15 22:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Residents across England have started receiving letters from the Land Registry, informing them that the Church is seeking to register the mineral rights to the earth beneath their property. Lawyers believe that the Church's claim could allow it to profit from fracking, the controversial method of extracting oil and cash by fracturing underground rocks with water and chemicals. Responding to residents' worries, the Church insisted that it has "no particular plans to mine under any property'...
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