New Zealand city becomes latest to divest from fossil fuels

Jessica Shankleman
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Council votes to ditch NZ$2m investments in fossil fuels, as it also divests from munitions, tobacco, gambling and pornography

The southern New Zealand city of Dunedin has become the latest to vote to drop millions of dollars of investments in fossil fuels, in a bid to slash carbon emissions and limit the impacts of climate change....

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