Saturday, 23 May 2015

Leading health charities should divest from fossil fuels, say climate scientists | Environment | The Guardian

Senior scientific figures, including influential climate researcher Michael Mann, have called on the world's two leading health charities to review their fossil fuel investments in light of a series of Guardian investigations published this week.

The Big Carbon investigations uncovered examples of industry misinformation campaigns, legal transgressions and alleged human rights abuses. 

Mann, along with other senior scientists and commentators, said the immense moral authority of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Wellcome Trustwas in danger of being undermined by their continued investments in companies with such questionable corporate practices.

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/may/23/leading-health-charities-should-divest-from-fossil-fuels-say-climate-scientists




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