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Academic Institutions Under Fire for Fossil Fuel Funding

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After years of pressure from students and environmental groups, a multitude of higher education institutions in the U.K. have committed to excluding fossil fuel companies from their investment portfolios. However, a September report showed that funding from such companies continues to slow the switch to green energy. Meanwhile, several Elite U.S. universities continue to accept millions in funding from Big Oil every year. The student campaign group People & Planet announced in November that 115 out of 149 U.K. universities had publicly committed…