Posts Tagged ‘Divest Hackney’
‘No more blah, blah, blah’: Campaigners renew demands for Hackney’s pension fund to divest from fossil fuels
Campaigners gathered outside the Town Hall last week to call for swifter action
Read More‘Simply too much at stake’: Campaigners unite to protest Hackney’s fossil fuel investments
Divest Hackney and Extinction Rebellion call on council pension fund to fully divest from a ‘reckless, dying industry’
Read MoreCampaigners call for ‘high ambition’ as Town Hall announces review of fossil fuel investments
Divest Hackney urges council to ‘go further than it has before’
Read MoreWhoville listen? Councillors labelled ‘grinches’ as campaigners again call for 100 per cent fossil fuel divestment
Christmas cards from Hackney children calling for end to high-carbon investments delivered to committee as Town Hall defends 50 per cent divestment by 2022 as ‘ambitious’
Read MoreTitbits – Fuelling splits and political mis-hits
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Read MoreCampaigners stage ‘satirical’ dodgeball protest outside oil giant’s clean energy festival
Activists, including local group Divest Hackney, take aim at Shell’s ‘sickeningly cynical’ Make the Future event
Read MoreHackney Council approves further cuts to fossil fuel investments
Divest Hackney campaign welcomes move but calls for ‘truly fossil free pension fund’
Read MoreDivest Hackney blasts ‘shocking’ rise in council’s fossil fuel investments – after nine-month wait for figures
Town Hall says 80 per cent jump is due to price increases and that it has reduced ‘active’ stocks
Read MoreDivest Hackney ‘alarmed’ as data suggests rise in fossil fuel investments
Town Hall questions accuracy of figures following January pledge to cut pension fund’s exposure
Read MoreClimate campaigners set for Saturday stunt in Hackney
Divest Hackney supporters to chase ‘giant fossil fuel monster’ out of borough in protest at council’s investment strategy
Read MoreFossil fuels: ‘Council wrecking the planet’, claim green campaigners
Divest Hackney protests as Pensions Committee digs in its heels over £21m fossil fuel investments
Read MoreLeader – Politicians must be prepared to upset drivers
CPZs and cycle superhighways infuriate some motorists but cleaning up the air is for the good of everyone
Read MoreCouncil’s pension fund’s exposure to CO2 emissions to be slashed in half – but is this too little, too late?
Move may not go far enough to placate environmental campaigners, but pensions committee chairman Councillor Robert Chapman says it is in reality the best arrangement possible
Read MoreCouncil delays decision on fossil fuel investment amid mounting pressure
Divest Hackney campaigners demand council dumps £42 million investments in coal, gas and crude oil extraction
Read MoreDivest Hackney demands council show ‘true leadership’ by shifting cash from fossil fuels
Campaign group is turning up the heat on council ahead of key meeting this month
Read MoreDirty energy comes under fire as council moots divestment from fossil fuels
But Divest Hackney vows to ‘keep the heat on’ until council makes commitment
Read MoreEveryone in Hackney can help tackle climate change, divestment experts urge
The borough’s investment in fossil fuels through its pension fund and the environmental implications were subjects of the Hackney Divestment Debate
Read MoreHackney announces it will review £42m pension fund investment in dirty energy
‘Most fund members won’t be happy to learn that their money is funding climate change’, say divestment campaigners
Read MoreLeader — Council should put its money where its mouth is
The Hackney Citizen is backing Divest Hackney’s campaign calling on the council to withdraw its investment in fossil fuels
Read MoreDivest Hackney Q&A: Climate activists turn up the heat on local government
Local campaign group explains why it wants Hackney Council to divest from the £42m it has in the fossil fuel industry
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