Star date: 12th December 2017
100 MPS CALL FOR £612MILLION PARLIAMENT PENSION FUND TO DIVEST FROM FOSSIL FUELS
"Fossil fuels helped ignite the first industrial revolution, but we now know that their continued use will threaten our very existence" Rebecca Long-Bailey
Salford and Eccles MP, Rebecca Long-Bailey, has joined one hundred other MPs, including Jeremy Corbyn and Caroline Lucas, in calling for the £612million Parliamentary Pension Fund to divest from oil, coal and gas companies.
Today, fifty heads of state, including Theresa May, are meeting in Paris for a summit on climate change and climate finance hosted by French President Macron.
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