London Assembly votes for £5 bn fossil fuel divestment - listen up, Boris!

The Ecologist
Mar 11, 2015, 3:14 pm42 pts
Members of the London Assembly yesterday voted for the London Pension Fund Authority, worth £4.8 billion, to ditch all its fossil fuel investments over a 5-year period. The vote is non-binding, but the huge 15-3 margin puts strong pressure on London Mayor Boris Johnson to follow through.

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