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  • California to back green bonds, despite Trump

    05 March 2018

    California should continue to champion green bonds to fund the build-out of low-carbon infrastructure, despite the US having "abdicated its role as a global leader" on climate change, pledged the state's Treasurer.

  • Californian insurers' $521bn in fossil fuel assets revealed

    24 January 2017

    Insurers operating in California have $521bn invested in fossil fuel-related securities, according to the state's insurance commissioner Dave Jones.

  • Trinity College joins growing list of universities to divest

    28 November 2016

    Trinity College Dublin (TCD) has become latest university foundation to divest from fossil fuels.

  • SEC sides with DiNapoli in fight with ExxonMobil

    24 March 2016

    ExxonMobil has lost its bid to block a shareholder resolution over disclosure of its climate change policy, after the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ruled against it.

  • Investors with $2.6trn of assets make divestment pledges

    23 September 2015

    Investors with combined assets of $2.6 trillion have made pledges to divest from fossil fuels, according to a new report.

  • White House announces more than $4bn clean energy initiative

    17 June 2015

    More than $4 billion in private sector commitments have been pledged to the White House's Clean Energy Initiative at its climate change summit.