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		<title>Heriot-Watt University excludes all fossil fuel investments - despite wider industry ties</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today Heriot-Watt University becomes the 110th UK university to divest from fossil fuels.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Oct 2024 09:49:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2024-10-30/heriot-watt-university-excludes-all-fossil-fuel-investments-despite-wider-industry-ties</link>
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		<title>Non Student Trustee -Treasurer</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2024 15:58:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2024-04-08/non-student-trustee-treasurer</link>
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		<title>Non Student Trustee</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2024 20:13:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2024-03-11/non-student-trustees</link>
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		<title>Liverpool Hope University excludes all fossil fuel investments</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2024 09:18:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>FIVE UK UNIVERSITIES JOIN THE FOSSIL FREE MOVEMENT</title>
		<description><![CDATA[VICTORY! FIVE more universities divest from all fossil fuels!]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Dec 2023 15:06:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2023-12-01/five-uk-universities-join-the-fossil-free-movement</link>
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		<title>25% of UK Unis Divest from Fossil Fuels</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A quarter of UK higher education institutions have committed to some form of divestment from fossil fuels. This is a massive victory for the Fossil Free campaign, still only three years old in the UK.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2023-11-22/25-uk-unis-divest-fossil-fuels</link>
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		<title>PRESS RELEASE: Robert Gordon University Divests from Fossil Fuels</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Robert Gordon University becomes 103rd UK university to divest from fossil fuels, the second to do so in Aberdeen, known as the ‘Oil Capital of Europe’ due to its links with North Sea oil and gas.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2023-10-25/press-release-robert-gordon-university-divests-fossil-fuels</link>
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		<title>Press Release: Plymouth Marjon University drops fossil fuel investments</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today Plymouth Marjon University has announced its divestment from fossil fuels, updating their Ethical Investment Policy to exclude all fossil fuel investments from their portfolio. This move also forms part of Plymouth Marjon University’s larger sustainability strategy. Plymouth Marjon University becomes the twelfth member of the Cathedrals Group of UK universities to commit]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2023-09-20/press-release-plymouth-marjon-university-drops-fossil-fuel-investments</link>
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		<title>The Soul of the LGBTQ Movement is not Sponsored by Barclays, this Rotting Corpse Is</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Twenty-seven years ago, Barbara Smith asked “Where’s the Revolution?”. We’re still waiting. Pride season 2020 has finished now and we desperately need some reflection on how to build an uncompromising movement capable of disrupting conservative social control and joining up struggles in increasingly anxious times.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2023-09-15/soul-lgbtq-movement-not-sponsored-barclays-rotting-corpse</link>
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		<title>Second victory in a week as the University of Brighton rejects fossil fuels</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The University of Brighton has become the 86th UK University to make a public commitment to divest from fossil fuel companies. Brighton achieved this by adding their name to People &amp; Planet and NUS’ Fossil Free Declaration, making them the 17th university to do so.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2023-09-15/second-victory-week-university-brighton-rejects-fossil-fuels</link>
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		<title>Press release: St Mary’s University, Twickenham rejects all fossil fuels</title>
		<description><![CDATA[***For immediate release*** St Mary’s University, Twickenham rejects all fossil fuels St Mary&#039;s University, Twickenham has become the 89th UK University to make a public commitment to divest from all fossil fuel companies. St Mary’s achieved this by adding their name to People &amp; Planet and NUS’ Fossil Free Declaration, making them the 20th university to join the global]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2023-09-15/press-release-st-mary-s-university-twickenham-rejects-all-fossil-fuels</link>
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		<title>Press release: University of Aberdeen ends fossil fuel investments ahead of COP26</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today the University of Aberdeen announced that it will divest from all fossil fuels in what is seen as a hugely significant move by an institution at the heart of Europe&#039;s oil and gas capital. A vote of the University’s Court on Wednesday 29th September committed the institution to excluding fossil fuel extractor companies from its £52.7 million investment portfolio by 2025.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2023-09-15/press-release-university-aberdeen-ends-fossil-fuel-investments-ahead-cop26</link>
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		<title>PRESS RELEASE: University of the West of England becomes the first university in 2022 to fully divest from fossil fuels</title>
		<description><![CDATA[**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE** University of the West of England becomes the first university in 2022 to fully divest from fossil fuels **BEGINS** Today the University of the West of England (‘UWE’) has become the 93rd UK university, and the first in 2022, to announce its divestment from fossil fuel companies. UWE accomplished this by becoming the 21st signatory to the People &amp;]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2023-09-15/press-release-university-west-england-becomes-first-university-2022-fully-divest</link>
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		<title>PRESS RELEASE: University of Northampton ditches fossil fuel investments</title>
		<description><![CDATA[**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE** HEADLINE: University of Northampton ditches fossil fuel investments ***Begins*** Today the University of Northampton becomes the 95th UK university to announce its divestment from the fossil fuel industry. The decision comes as part of the university’s wider work to journey away from fossil fuels and towards zero net carbon by 2030. The University of]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2023-09-15/press-release-university-northampton-ditches-fossil-fuel-investments</link>
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		<title>Press Release: University of Central Lancashire ditches fossil fuel investments</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) has announced full divestment from the fossil fuel industry. This comes as part of the University&#039;s strategy to prioritise sustainability in the run up to its 200th anniversary in 2028. UCLan divested after updating its ethical investment policy to exclude all fossil fuel companies and in doing so has become the 97th UK]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2023-09-15/press-release-university-central-lancashire-ditches-fossil-fuel-investments</link>
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		<title>Press Release: The University of Hull Announces Divestment From Fossil Fuels</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today the University of Hull announces full divestment from fossil fuels, becoming the 98th UK university to make this commitment. This announcement comes as the University amends their ethical investment policy to explicitly exclude investments in all fossil fuels. The University of Hull now joins over 60% of UK universities committed to divestment from fossil fuels, adding]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2023-09-15/press-release-university-hull-announces-divestment-fossil-fuels</link>
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		<title>Royal College of Art becomes 6th specialist UK university to divest</title>
		<description><![CDATA[**BEGINS** Today, the Royal College of Art (‘RCA’) has announced that it is divesting its £26.7 million investment portfolio from fossil fuel companies. The RCA’s commitment makes it the 101st university in the UK to go Fossil Free and comes following ongoing negotiations with the university, led by the RCA branch of the University and College Union. The RCA’s announcement]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2023-02-08/royal-college-art-becomes-6th-specialist-uk-university-divest</link>
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		<title>Press release: Oxford University Report</title>
		<description><![CDATA[FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NEW REPORT REVEALS OXFORD UNIVERSITY RECEIVED ALMOST £12 MILLION FROM THE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY SINCE 2015 Students expose University of Oxford’s extensive financial and personnel ties with the fossil fuel industry On April 20, the student-run Oxford Climate Justice Campaign (OCJC) has revealed that since 2015 the University of Oxford has received over]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2022-12-08/press-release-oxford-university-report</link>
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		<title>University of Oxford Students’ Union to boycott oil, gas &#x00026; mining recruitment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Oxford University Students Union has voted to boycott recruitment events which feature oil, gas, and mining companies. It joins the student unions at Bristol, Sussex, Edinburgh, Sheffield, Surrey who have all passed similar motions in support of the Fossil Free Careers campaign, coordinated by student campaigning charity People &amp; Planet. The campaign has also been backed]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2022-08-24/university-oxford-students-union-boycott-oil-gas-mining-recruitment</link>
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		<title>Press Release: Rose Bruford College UK’s first drama school to reject fossil fuel industry</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today Rose Bruford College announces its full divestment from the fossil fuel industry, becoming the first specialist drama school in the UK to make the commitment. The college made the public commitment by becoming the latest signatory to People &amp; Planet and the National Union of Students’ Fossil Free Declaration. As a result of student-led campaigning, Rose Bruford College]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2022-08-17/press-release-rose-bruford-college-uk-s-first-drama-school-reject-fossil-fuel</link>
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		<title>PRESS RELEASE: Lancaster University drops fossil fuel investments amid COP26 negotiations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE** Lancaster University drops fossil fuel investments amid COP26 negotiations **BEGINS** This afternoon, Lancaster University has announced that it will divest all of its investment portfolios, worth over £3 million, from fossil fuel companies. Lancaster will also screen out arms trade and tobacco investments. Lancaster University’s commitment makes it]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2022-01-27/press-release-lancaster-university-drops-fossil-fuel-investments-amid-cop26</link>
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		<title>Press release: Barclays - institutional boycotts begin over climate inaction</title>
		<description><![CDATA[***For immediate release*** Barclays - institutional boycotts begin over climate inaction Calls for institutional boycotts of Barclays bank have grown louder after shareholders failed to support the climate resolution coordinated by Market Forces at yesterday’s AGM. The UK’s largest higher education campaigning organisation, People &amp; Planet, has announced that 10 student]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2021-07-21/press-release-barclays-institutional-boycotts-begin-over-climate-inaction</link>
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		<title>Press release: University of Suffolk permanently excludes fossil fuel investments</title>
		<description><![CDATA[University of Suffolk becomes third university in a month to reject fossil fuels The University of Suffolk has become the 87th UK University to make a public commitment to divest from fossil fuel companies. Suffolk affirmed their fossil free status and committed to permanent exclusion of fossil fuel companies from their investments by becoming the 18th signatory to People &amp;]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2021-04-06/press-release-university-suffolk-permanently-excludes-fossil-fuel-investments</link>
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		<title>London School of Tropical Hygiene &#x00026; Medicine commits to full fossil fuel divestment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (‘LSHTM’) has become the sixth member institution of the University of London to make a commitment to exclude all fossil fuel extractor companies from their investments. This action is in contrast to the slow moves being made by its fellow members to do likewise and take urgent action in response to the climate crisis. LSHTM’s]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2021-03-12/london-school-tropical-hygiene-medicine-commits-full-fossil-fuel-divestment</link>
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		<title>Divestment at Dundee: How We Did It</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On 5th November 2020, after 5 years of tireless campaigning by students and staff, the University of Dundee divested from all fossil fuels. Student campaigner Hannah Feuerstein tells us how they succeeded: After a rather challenging summer, I felt like our prospects to get the University to listen to us and our demands for divestment were even worse than before. Most of the]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-11-13/divestment-dundee-how-we-did-it</link>
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		<title>FOSSIL FREE DEMOCRACY YEAR: DECIDING THE FUTURE OF OUR CLIMATE CAMPAIGNS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello everyone! Today, it’s the staff team writing this blog post… We’re excited to bring you some details on a very important thing that’s currently happening at People &amp; Planet: the democracy process for our climate campaigns. As some of you might know, our campaigns are decided by our student network at Power Shift, and they run on a 6 years cycle. Every 3 years, students]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-05-28/fossil-free-democracy-year-deciding-future-our-climate-campaigns</link>
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		<title>Webinar Report: Banking on our future: Fossil Finance &#x00026; Climate Justice</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last Monday the 4th of May, People &amp; Planet’s Divest Barclays campaign held a webinar ahead of the Barclays’ AGM. At the AGM, which took place on the 7th of May, 24% of Barclays shareholders voted in favour of a ShareAction motion to phase out finance for fossil fuels and utility companies, in line with the 2015 Paris Agreement, against the bank’s formal recommendation to]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-05-13/webinar-report-banking-our-future-fossil-finance-climate-justice</link>
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		<title>Barclays AGM 2020 Response</title>
		<description><![CDATA[FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Barclays Condemned for ‘Fuelling the Next Crisis’ After Rejecting Climate Motion Barclays AGM rejects motion calling for end to fossil fuel financing Climate campaigners and economists criticise bank for ‘greenwashing’ image and failing to align with consensus behind green recovery New report finds Barclays to be biggest fossil fuel financier in Europe,]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-05-07/barclays-agm-2020-response</link>
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		<title>Victory: Sussex University goes Fossil Free!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The University of Sussex has now moved it’s investment fund out of fossil fuels, after four years of Fossil Free Sussex, the student run campaign, lobbying the university to divest. Sussex University has moved it’s money into Liontrust Sustainable Futures Managed Fund – which excludes any organisation involved in Fossil Fuels. Fossil fuel divestment is the removal of]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-03-10/victory-sussex-university-goes-fossil-free</link>
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		<title>Students, support your striking lecturers!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last month university staff up and down the country announced they’re going on strike over pension reforms. Universities UK are trying to take away our lecturers’ right to a defined income when they retire. Our teachers and staff stand to lose up to 40% of their retirement income. At Cambridge we’re clear that we students stand with the University and Colleges Union (UCU) in]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-03-10/students-support-your-striking-lecturers</link>
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		<title>University St Andrews Divest!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[St Andrews doesn’t do protests. The normally polite town had its first large protest of the academic year on 30 January when a couple of hundred protesters marched through the town to protest Donald Trump’s immigration ban. One of the signs read; “You know it’s bad when it’s protested in St Andrews” emphasising the placid nature of the student body. Old institutions are, by]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-03-10/university-st-andrews-divest</link>
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		<title>Fossil Fuel Divestment: The State of the Sector</title>
		<description><![CDATA[People &amp; Planet and the National Union of Students (NUS) announced today that over a third of universities in the UK have made fossil free commitments, as nine new UK universities have committed to never invest in fossil fuel companies. This brings the total to fifty four institutions which have taken action to exclude fossil fuel companies from their investment portfolios.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-03-10/fossil-fuel-divestment-state-sector</link>
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		<title>A Case for Fossil Fuel Divestment at the University of Cambridge</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If we are serious about preventing catastrophic warming, we cannot dig any new coal mines, drill any new fields, or build any more pipelines. The new reality for power production, according to a recent study from academics at the University of Oxford, is that no new fossil fuel infrastructure can be constructed after 2017 unless other installations are closed before the end of]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-03-10/case-fossil-fuel-divestment-university-cambridge</link>
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		<title>New Year&#x00027;s Revolutions for a Fossil Free 2018</title>
		<description><![CDATA[2017 was an incredible year for the global fossil free movement! In 2018, together we’re going to take it to the next level. How about some New Years Revolutions* for transforming the face of global finance by taking the fossil free fight to the banking industry this year? 1. Start a Divest Barclays campaign on campus Join People &amp; Planet students in organising for Students&#039;]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-03-10/new-years-revolutions-fossil-free-2018</link>
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		<title>Huddersfield University becomes 60th UK university to divest from fossil fuels</title>
		<description><![CDATA[FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 24/01/2018 Contact: Chayley Collis, Fossil Free Huddersfield University - E: huddersfieldfoe@yahoo.co.uk Chris Saltmarsh, Fossil Free Campaigns Coordinator, People &amp; Planet - E: fossilfree@peopleandplanet.org P: 01865403225 Huddersfield University becomes 60th UK university to divest from fossil fuels Huddersfield University has recently confirmed that]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-03-10/huddersfield-university-becomes-60th-uk-university-divest-fossil-fuels</link>
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		<title>University of Edinburgh Divests ALL Fossil Fuels from £1bn Endowment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Contact: Tara Wight 07758329938 tara.wight@ed.ac.uk Monday 5th February - University of Edinburgh announced it will move its entire investment portfolio out of the fossil fuel industry over the next three years. The University currently holds £6.3million in fossil fuels companies: Total, Atlas Copco and BG Group. The University’s endowment is the third largest in the UK,]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-03-10/university-edinburgh-divests-all-fossil-fuels-1bn-endowment</link>
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		<title>5 THINGS WE LEARNT ABOUT CLIMATE JUSTICE ORGANISING IN VIETNAM</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday 13th February, as part of a series of ongoing activities this Go Green Week, People &amp; Planet and NUS co-hosted a webinar platforming the voices of climate justice organisers in Vietnam. Here are 5 things we learnt: Vietnam is one of the most impacted countries by climate change Vietnam is a low-lying country meaning it is especially vulnerable to rising sea levels.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-03-10/5-things-we-learnt-about-climate-justice-organising-vietnam</link>
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		<title>Anglia Ruskin Sign Fossil Free Declaration</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEWS RELEASE DATE: 9 March 2018 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ISSUE NUMBER: 1811 Anglia Ruskin signs pledge for fossil-free future Fossil Fuel Declaration is partnership between the NUS and People &amp; Planet Anglia Ruskin University is delighted to have signed up to the Fossil Fuel Declaration, a partnership between the National Union of Students and People &amp; Planet. The declaration]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-03-10/anglia-ruskin-sign-fossil-free-declaration</link>
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		<title>Oxbridge Students Demand Divestment at The Boat Race 2018</title>
		<description><![CDATA[TODAY students staged a massive banner drop at the Annual Boat Race between Oxford and Cambridge, as a protest against the universities’ investments in fossil fuel companies. Cambridge University is currently under intense scrutiny from students and staff after leaked documents revealed it is set to reject fossil fuel divestment once again. Cambridge University will take a]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-03-10/oxbridge-students-demand-divestment-boat-race-2018</link>
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		<title>Motion SC112 - Divest Barclays #NUSConference 2018</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fossil Free University of Bristol have submitted a motion to NUS NAtional Conference 2018 #NUSNC18 calling for a boycott of Barclays and to support the divest barclays campaign Motion: SC112 Title: Divest Barclays Submitted by: Bristol SU Conference believes Burning fossil fuels is the primary contributor to climate injustice. However, projected fossil fuel investment in new]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-03-10/motion-sc112-divest-barclays-nusconference-2018</link>
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		<title>Bath University Goes Fossil Free</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After years of student campaigning, the University of Bath has pledged to fully divest its money from Fossil Fuel companies. The university currently has fossil fuel investments of half a million pounds including over £100,000 in Shell alone. After 3 years of campaigning from the People &amp; Planet society, the university has agreed to no longer support the oil and gas industry]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-03-10/bath-university-goes-fossil-free</link>
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		<title>Divestment Decision Delayed As Cambridge Escalation Piles On Pressure</title>
		<description><![CDATA[University Council today rejected a hard-line anti-divestment proposed “council” response initially drafted by a small group of financial bureaucrats. This draft response had rejected even the investments in ESG funds proposed by the Divestment Working Group report - which were not even explicitly recommended to be fossil free - described in the draft as ‘virtue-signalling’.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-03-10/divestment-decision-delayed-cambridge-escalation-piles-pressure</link>
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		<title>John McDonnell, Caroline Lucas and Diane Abbott join hundreds of academics in calling for Cambridge to divest from fossil fuels</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Contact: Khem Rogaly, khemrogaly@gmail.com, 07864745597 Thirteen members of parliament across three parties, including the Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell, Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott and co-leader of the Green Party Caroline Lucas, have today called for Cambridge University to remove its £377 million fossil fuel investments. This comes alongside an open letter signed]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-03-10/john-mcdonnell-caroline-lucas-and-diane-abbott-join-hundreds-academics-calling</link>
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		<title>Update on Kinder Morgan pipeline for People &#x00026; Planet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello, People &amp; Plant friends! My name is Ocean Hyland, I am from Tsleil-waututh Nation which is a community located near Vancouver, BC, Canada. A community which would be heavily affected if the proposed pipeline expansion is built through our traditional, unceded territory. During my stay in London I met many activists and locals who held shared views of environmental]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-03-10/update-kinder-morgan-pipeline-people-planet</link>
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		<title>FULL DIVESTMENT AT LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Loughborough University has announced that it is divesting fully from fossil fuel companies building on its prior freeze of all fossil fuel investments following student pressure. The actions of Loughborough People &amp; Planet secured meetings with the Vice Chancellor and Chief Operating Officer, and these discussions have been ongoing since the Easter break in order to bring]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-03-10/full-divestment-loughborough-university</link>
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		<title>Barclays new energy policy disappoints</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Barclays have just released their much anticipated updated energy policy. Surprise, surprise… Its disappointing to say the least. Here are the headlines: No more project finance for coal mining and power. This was an expected move. They follow Standard Chartered (another British bank) in ditching finance for new coal projects. It is an increasingly mainstream position. Most]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-03-10/barclays-new-energy-policy-disappoints</link>
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		<title>GoGreen19: International justice and the Paris Agreement</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Discussions of climate change go hand in hand with issues of justice and distributive fairness, this is because the burdens of climate change disproportionately affect the poorest areas of the world where its inhabitant are the least equipped to deal with its impact, due to geographic vulnerability and poverty. Therefore, it seems logical that the international response to]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-03-10/gogreen19-international-justice-and-paris-agreement</link>
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		<title>GoGreen19: Getting staff on your side- Student Staff solidarity!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Found that your university management are sometimes uncooperative or even belligerent? It’s likely that staff are just as tired of them as you are. The forces that students are fighting against are the same ones that led to pay cuts for staff and increased workloads and zero-hour contracts. We have far more in common with our lecturers than we might initially think. For this]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-03-10/gogreen19-getting-staff-your-side-student-staff-solidarity</link>
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		<title>GoGreen19: Buried waste and SLR: a perfect, stinking storm waiting to happen?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What’s buried near you? The United Nations report: UNEP Yearbook 2009, p. 45, put the global figure of annual wastes at 2.2 billion tonnes a year, while the World Bank’s Waste Trends 2018 predicts 3.4 billion tonnes by 2050, much of it either buried or thrown into open landfills. When it comes to human graves, on the other hand, there are no clear estimates about numbers,]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-03-10/gogreen19-buried-waste-and-slr-perfect-stinking-storm-waiting-happen</link>
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		<title>GoGreen19: Climate change is a racist Issue</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NUS Vice-President (Society &amp; Citizenship) Zamzam Ibrahim shares some of the discussion from a panel event she recently chaired called ‘C02lonialism: climate change is a racist issue&#039;. Organised by SOAS Students&#039; Union, speaking on the panel was the formidable SImmone Ahiaku from People &amp; Planet and the ever-inspiring Asad Rehman from War on Want. Here are just a few of the]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-03-10/gogreen19-climate-change-racist-issue</link>
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		<title>Durham University receive third class grade in People &#x00026; Planet’s University league, with 0% in ‘Ethical Investment’</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday 16th July People &amp; Planet released its 2019 University League, ranking universities by environmental and ethical performance, in which Durham University received a third class grade. Durham ranked 96th in the table, the 4th lowest ranking of a Russell Group university. In the breakdown of the ranking Durham scored 0% on both ‘Environmental Auditing &amp; Management]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2019-07-23/durham-university-receive-third-class-grade-people-planet-s-university-league-0</link>
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		<title>Manchester University is lagging behind on Sustainability</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As People &amp; Planet’s annual University League is published, the University of Manchester has ranked in the middle of the road in 71st place. This is yet more evidence that the University is lagging behind on sustainability and ignoring its students’ demands for action for the environment.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2017-11-16/manchester-university-lagging-behind-sustainability</link>
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		<title>Fall From Grace</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Not only has the 2015 #1 failed to make any recognisable progress this year, the University of Plymouth has also failed to maintain it’s ranking between 2016 and 2017, falling a further two places down to 14th. Two of the University of Plymouths lowest scores are for Ethical Investment and Workers Rights. As a University which prides itself on its ‘sustainability’ surely they]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2017-11-14/fall-grace</link>
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		<title>DANCE take action at Barclays to divest from fossil fuels?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What is Dharma Action Network for Climate Engagement (DANCE)? DANCE are a network of meditation practitioners from the Buddhist tradition who are deeply concerned about the climate crisis. DANCE grew out of a discussion between Dharma teachers at Gaia House, a meditation retreat centre in Devon. They recognised that one of the results of sustained mindfulness meditation is to]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2017-10-16/dance-take-action-barclays-divest-fossil-fuels</link>
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		<title>Barclays Must Cease and Desist: From Economic Crisis to Environmental Collapse</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When the financial crash happened in 2007, I was a 17-year-old college student who watched on as the jobs fell away, people lost their homes, and saving the economy seemingly became more important than all the lives that had been destroyed. Being born and raised in the old cotton milling town of Bolton, I was used to seeing people struggling, but this took that struggle to a]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2017-10-05/barclays-must-cease-and-desist-economic-crisis-environmental-collapse</link>
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		<title>More black marks for coal-hungry UK banks in latest Report Card</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The UK’s top banks are still failing to stamp out their financing for coal projects, trailing some way behind many European and US banks which have introduced policies aimed at cutting ties to the most climate destructive energy sector.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2017-08-21/more-black-marks-coal-hungry-uk-banks-latest-report-card</link>
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		<title>Barclays Ditch Frackers Third Energy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week at the Barclays Annual General Meeting (AGM), the Chairman John McFarlane told shareholders that the bank would be withdrawing their financing of fracking company Third Energy - licensed to frack in Ryedale, North Yorkshire. Barclays owns 97% controlling stakes in Third Energy. This could be a huge victory for the anti-fracking and climate justice movement in the UK,]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2017-05-15/barclays-ditch-frackers-third-energy</link>
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		<title>Why you should come to Power Shift 2017</title>
		<description><![CDATA[How great is Power Shift? Really great! Would Fossil Free TCD have been as effective in our Divestment campaign if we hadn’t attended last summer? No way. Power Shift didn’t just teach us strategy techniques that helped us push our campaign over the line to win, it taught us so much more. We could suddenly hold effective, fun meetings; we drew people in and kept them on board;]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2017-04-13/why-you-should-come-power-shift-2017</link>
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		<title>Bristol Uni Courts Votes in Favour of Divestment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On the 2nd of December, Bristol Green Party Councillor Carla Denyer put forward a motion to Bristol University&#039;s ‘Court’ with the support of the UoB Fossil Free campaign. The motion both proposed that the University should ‘set a lead in tackling climate change’ by gradually phasing out its investments in companies which derive the majority of their revenue from fossil fuel]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2016-12-16/bristol-uni-courts-votes-favour-divestment</link>
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		<title>Letter from the Zapotec Indigenous community</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The NUS represents 7 million students and passes policy at their annual conference. In collaboration with the Zapotec Indigenous community, UK students from the University West of Scotland and beyond are proposing an amendment to the Divest-Invest motion (502b) to support a just transition to renewable energy that does not reproduce the colonial models of extraction employed]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2016-05-25/letter-zapotec-indigenous-community</link>
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