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Now playing Next Green News Cambridge University set to rename BP Institute - but is it enough? Campaigners have welcomed the plan, but say universities must reject fossil fuel funding altogether to stop greenwashing firms. 25/07/2022
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Now playing Next Green News BP exits its 20% stake in state-owned Russian oil and gas giant "Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine must be a wake-up call for British businesses with commercial interests in Putin’s Russia.” 27/02/2022
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