Rockefellers pledge to ditch fossil fuel assets

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Family that made its fortune from oil wealth become highest profile investors yet to join divestment campaign

The global campaign to encourage investors to divest from fossil fuel assets will today secure its biggest victory to date, when heirs to the Rockefeller family announce their intention to ditch their...

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