'Choose life, divest': 19 UK-based faith groups join fossil fuel divestment movement

Cecilia Keating
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Leicester Cathedral is among the religious institutions to sign up to the divestment movement | Credit: iStock
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Leicester Cathedral is among the religious institutions to sign up to the divestment movement | Credit: iStock

Global fossil fuel divestment movement signs up 35 new religious groups, the majority of which are based in the UK

More than 30 different faith groups from six different countries have this morning announced they have joined the global divestment movement, arguing it is imperative to take a stand against oil and gas...

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