The Rockefellers -- who made their vast fortune from oil -- and other philanthropies and high - wealth individuals have announced pledges to divest a total of $50 billion from fossil fuel investments. The Global Divest - Invest coalition announced new pledges and members one day before 120 heads of state address the United Nations on how their countries will contribute to a global effort to halt a dangerous rise in temperatures ( IOD Sep.22'14 ).
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