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Pressure mounts on British universities to ‘come clean’ on fossil fuel investments

Paradise Papers revelations have added to long-standing concerns about universities’ fossil fuel investments - and students are now upping the ante.

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Students at Bristol University on 2017's day of fossil fuel divestment action

Universities are seen as bastions of knowledge and progress – and often have policies that state their commitment to a just and sustainable future.

So the fact that many still invest heavily in fossil fuels - an industry that fuels injustice, climate deaths and environmental collapse - is seen by campaigners as untenable.