people: This information was not made public or divulged to key people in the decision-making process, according to The Guardian. Critics claim the offers skewed the process and are demanding the decision is overturned. Documents seen by the Guardian show the university management was aware of a proposed 20m donation offered by BHP subsequently withdrawn and 2m from BP, as it considered whether to fully divest its fortune from fossil fuels. Clive Lewis, Labour's shadow Treasury minister for sustainability and MP for Norwich South, said That one of the country's most elite educational institutions is taking oil money rather than acting on climate change demands urgent inquiry. The bitter row over whether Cambridge should divest the estimated 377m campaigners say it has invested in fossil fuels has been rumbling for years, as part of a global movement that has led to institutions and individuals globally committing to divest trillions of pounds in fossil fuels to stop catastrophic climate breakdown. They must be held to account and listen to their students and staff in divesting from fossil fuels immediately.
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