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Rockefellers, Heirs to an Oil Fortune, Will Divest Charity From Fossil Fuels
2014-09-22 05:41:21| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: John D. Rockefeller built a vast fortune on oil. Now his heirs are abandoning fossil fuels. The family whose legendary wealth flowed from Standard Oil is planning to announce on Monday that its $860 million philanthropic organization, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, is joining the divestment movement that began a couple years ago on college campuses. The announcement, timed to precede Tuesdays opening of the United Nations climate change summit meeting in New York City, is part of a broader and...
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