Toxic corporate bonds are bankrolling the climate crisis

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Asset managers and other corporate bond investors have become the fossil fuel industry's funders of last resort, warns Common Wealth's Sophie Flinders

Over the past two years, we have seen oil and gas prices rise far above their pre-pandemic price, which has resulted in healthy profits for oil giants, like BP and Shell, and a scale back in their renewable...

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