Norway's Wealth Fund Dumps Duke Energy Over 'Risk of Severe Environmental Damage'

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Sep 8, 2016, 9:41 am142 pts
Norway's central bank announced on Wednesday that the Norwegian Government's Pension Fund, worth $900 billion, will no longer invest in Duke Energy. This decision is the result of an investigation by the Council on Ethics for the pension fund, which found that Duke Energy's failure to adequately respond to its…

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