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Insure Our Future calls for halt to insuring oil and gas projects

BY RACHEL ALEMBAKIS | FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020 10:21AM

A coalition of global environmental NGOs is calling on the largest global insurers to halt insuring new oil and gas expansion projects and phase out insurance for oil and gas companies in order to meet a 1.5C global climate target.

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