‘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
Campaigners gathered outside the Town Hall last week to call for swifter action
Divest Hackney and Extinction Rebellion call on council pension fund to fully divest from a ‘reckless, dying industry’
Divest Hackney urges council to ‘go further than it has before’
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’
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Activists, including local group Divest Hackney, take aim at Shell’s ‘sickeningly cynical’ Make the Future event
Divest Hackney campaign welcomes move but calls for ‘truly fossil free pension fund’
Town Hall says 80 per cent jump is due to price increases and that it has reduced ‘active’ stocks
Town Hall questions accuracy of figures following January pledge to cut pension fund’s exposure
Divest Hackney supporters to chase ‘giant fossil fuel monster’ out of borough in protest at council’s investment strategy
Divest Hackney protests as Pensions Committee digs in its heels over £21m fossil fuel investments
CPZs and cycle superhighways infuriate some motorists but cleaning up the air is for the good of everyone
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
Divest Hackney campaigners demand council dumps £42 million investments in coal, gas and crude oil extraction
Campaign group is turning up the heat on council ahead of key meeting this month
But Divest Hackney vows to ‘keep the heat on’ until council makes commitment