Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Group representing 1m medical students backs fossil fuel divestment

Fossil fuel industry is a bigger threat to global health than tobacco, says open letter to the Wellcome Trust and Gates Foundation from future doctors

The fossil fuel industry is a bigger threat to global health than tobacco and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Wellcome Trust have a moral obligation to divest from it, an international organisation that represents 1 million medical students has said.

A letter to the charities from the International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations (IFMSA) called on the charities to drop their fossil fuel company interests, which amount to almost £1.5bn.

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