ENVIRONMENT

Climate fears over pension-based fossil fuel funding

Campaigners have called for council pension funds to withdraw from fossil fuels after new data showed £14bn had been invested into the industry.

Campaigners have called for council pension funds to withdraw from fossil fuels after new data showed £14bn had been invested into the industry.

Campaign groups 350.org, Platform, Community Reinvest and Friends of the Earth, which released the study, warned pension fund choices were contributing to climate change.

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