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Palestine solidarity, climate and trade union groups protested outside Strathclyde Pension Fund’s 50th anniversary celebration over £400million fossil fuel investments
Palestine solidarity, climate and trade union groups joined forces in Glasgow to demand end to estimated £434 million fossil fuel investments
Campaigners are calling on local councillors and politicians to end fossil fuels in a way that is ‘Fast, Fair & Forever’.
£2 billion of Scottish council pension funds is invested in the fossil fuel industry, according to new analysis by Platform and Friends of the Earth Scotland.
Councils, pension funds and financial institutions are being urged to take action to simultaneously address the crises of fuel poverty, climate breakdown and energy security by fossil fuel divestment groups across the UK.
Campaigners have welcomed its decision today to pass a motion calling on the £8 billion Lothian Pension Fund to end its investments in fossil fuel companies.
International investment expert Mark Campanale has said that the Strathclyde Pension Fund is risking people’s pensions by investing in fossil fuel companies.
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