{"id":51808,"date":"2021-02-24T12:44:49","date_gmt":"2021-02-24T12:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thecanary.co\/?p=750523"},"modified":"2021-02-24T12:44:49","modified_gmt":"2021-02-24T12:44:49","slug":"victory-for-campaigners-as-richest-cambridge-college-promises-to-divest-from-fossil-fuels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/02\/24\/victory-for-campaigners-as-richest-cambridge-college-promises-to-divest-from-fossil-fuels\/","title":{"rendered":"Victory for campaigners as richest Cambridge college promises to divest from fossil fuels"},"content":{"rendered":"
After four years of student campaigning, Cambridge’s Trinity College has promised to divest fully\u00a0from fossil fuels in the next 10 years.<\/span><\/p>\n The college has vowed to end all direct investment into fossil fuels by the end of 2021, and all indirect investment within 5-10 years.<\/p>\n Trinity is only the third Cambridge college to promise full divestment. The university as a whole has promised<\/a> divestment by 2030, with no distinction between direct and indirect investments.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n HUGE! Congratulations to the students, staff and alumni who have been campaigning over the past 5 years to move the college's \u00a31.5bn endowment fund out of fossil fuels <\/p>\n Legends @ZeroCarbonSoc<\/a> @TDivestment<\/a> @TRIScambridge<\/a> #divestment<\/a> #FossilFree<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/Qs1NoxR2Nx<\/a><\/p>\n — 350.org Europe (@350Europe) February 22, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n