Fossil fuel divestment

Methane reduction holds key to averting climate catastrophe

Halting known sources, such as leaky oilwells, could slash projected emissions by half by 2030

Paul Brown

09, Jun, 2023 @5:00 AM

I love electric vehicles – and was an early adopter. But increasingly I feel duped | Rowan Atkinson

Sadly, keeping your old petrol car may be better than buying an EV, says actor Rowan Atkinson

Rowan Atkinson

03, Jun, 2023 @7:00 AM

Albanese government urged to push international banks to stop funding fossil fuel development

Exclusive: Report claims Australia’s shareholdings in development banks has made it responsible for investing $828m in fossil fuel projects over five years

Graham Readfearn

01, Jun, 2023 @12:00 AM

UK students pledge ‘career boycott’ of insurers over fossil fuels

Hundreds of students and graduates vow not to work for ‘climate wreckers that insure those responsible for the climate crisis’

Kalyeena Makortoff Banking correspondent

24, May, 2023 @5:00 AM

‘Sustainable’ pension funds accused of greenwashing over billions held in oil and gas firms

Warning comes as UK watchdog set to tighten rules for asset managers given short-term targets

James Tapper

14, May, 2023 @7:00 AM

UK anti-boycott bill is attack on freedom of expression, say civil society groups

Boycotts, divestment and sanctions bill, designed to stop public bodies boycotting Israel, will be tabled soon

Haroon Siddique and Peter Walker

12, May, 2023 @2:58 PM

Climate protesters call out US banks for funding fossil fuel projects

Offices of Citibank in New York and Wells Fargo in San Francisco targeted by activists urging shareholders to act

Erum Salam in New York

25, Apr, 2023 @3:02 PM

Climate protesters gather in Parliament Square as fossil fuel deadline passes

Four days of peaceful activism led by Extinction Rebellion fail to elicit pledge from government to ban new oil and gas projects

Sandra Laville

24, Apr, 2023 @5:08 PM

Game of Thrones stars challenge big banks over fossil fuel links

Kit Harington and Rose Leslie attend ‘couples therapy’ in film for Richard Curtis ‘public education’ campaign

Jess Clark

18, Apr, 2023 @9:37 AM

Germany’s last three nuclear power stations to shut this weekend

Closures, delayed after Russia reduced Europe’s gas supplies, leave conundrum for energy policymakers

Alex Lawson

15, Apr, 2023 @6:00 AM

How could the UK’s net zero plan involve new oil and gas? It’s mind-bogglingly stupid

The Conservatives are cynically using carbon capture and storage as a get-out-of-jail card, says Bill McGuire, professor emeritus of geophysical and climate hazards at UCL

Bill McGuire

30, Mar, 2023 @1:06 PM