Stanford University ditches coal investments

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Board of Trustees says existence of less harmful alternatives means it will no longer invest $18.7bn endowment in coal mining

Stanford has become the most prominent US university to date to cease investments in coal projects, after identifying alternatives with less harmful environmental impacts. The university's board of...

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