Royal College of Emergency Medicine and Royal Society of Arts quit fossil fuel investments

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Two more institutions vow to sell their shares in fossil fuel companies, just a day after National Trust pledged to divest

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) and the Royal Society of Arts (RSA) have today announced plans to divest their entire portfolios from fossil fuel companies as the divestment trend in London...

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