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Climate research funded by fossil fuel profits discredits universities and hurts the planet
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Climate research funded by fossil fuel profits discredits universities and hurts the planet

Avatar Joachim Kattrup 24. juni 2022 211
Last month, more than 500 leading academics, climate experts and university affiliates called for an end to the fossil fuel industry funding university climate research. The reason: Faced with the climate crisis, the academic community must play a leading role in developing a renewable-energy...
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Samsung’s reliance on fossil fuels poses growing risk to investors
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Samsung’s reliance on fossil fuels poses growing risk to investors

Avatar Joachim Kattrup 7. maj 2022
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD (OTCM:SSNLF). Electronics is under growing pressure over its inaction on fossil fuel emissions, as it falls behind rivals Apple and Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC in making environmental commitments. Analysts and investors warn that Samsung’s reluctance to match its competitors’ pledges poses “systemic...
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Study: Fossil fuel divestments does not yield discernible consequences
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Study: Fossil fuel divestments does not yield discernible consequences

Avatar Joachim Kattrup 14. oktober 2021
Between 2011 and 2018, 35 American universities and colleges divested, either partially or completely, their endowments from fossil-fuel holdings, marking a shift toward sustainability in university endowment investment. Results from analyses of the effect of full and partial divestment suggest that either form of...
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