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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Matthew Taylor

More UK universities cutting ties with fossil fuel industry

Cambridge University students protesting in 2018  demanding the university divest its unethical investments in arms and fossil fuels
Cambridge University students protesting in 2018 to demand the university divest itself from arms and fossil fuels holdings. Photograph: Robert Evans/Alamy

More UK universities are cutting ties with the fossil fuel industry in response to student campaigns, according to the annual survey of sustainability in higher education.

The student network People and Planet has published its sustainability university league showing that 72% of the universities it surveyed have committed to divesting from fossil fuels – up from 65% last year.

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