The University currently holds investments in BP and Royal Dutch Shell, two of 20 companies named as the world’s top carbon emissions contributors
A Freedom of Information request by The Mancunion has revealed that the University invested £9.9m this year in fossil fuel and oil companies
Chloe Hatton sat down to chat with Sophie Marriott about all things environment
Campaigns escalate in attempts to encourage a top London university to divest from all fossil fuels
The University of Sheffield has pledged to withdraw investments in fossil fuels, after mounting pressure from protest groups
The Mancunion understands that student campaign groups burst into the meeting to campaign against the University’s unethical investments
Chloe Hatton went down to People and Planet’s protest for the divestment of fossil fuels to see what it was all about
Demonstrators from a coalition of groups rallied outside a meeting of the Board of Governors to oppose university investments in fossil fuels and links to the Israeli arms trade
As part of JustFest 2016, the Manchester Debating Union asked the question: Should the University of Manchester divest from fossil fuels? Those anti the motion won the debate after a thought-provoking and, at times, heated debate
This article is a supplement to our fracking investigation ‘Are universities fuelling fracking?’ The University of Manchester holds shares in multiple oil and gas exploration companies, despite opposition from multiple politicians, environmentalists and human rights groups. This was exposed in 2012 by the then News Editor of The Mancunion, Joe Sandler Clarke, in an article […]
