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New York’s Riverside Church to Divest from Fossil Fuels

HeadlineMay 03, 2017

And in New York City, the historic Riverside Church has announced it will divest its $140 million endowment from fossil fuels. The church was founded by John Rockefeller Jr., the son of the founder of Standard Oil. In response, 350.org co-founder Bill Mckibben said, “Fifty years after Dr. King used its pulpit to call for an end to the war in Vietnam, Riverside Church now issues a call of its own: for a future free of fossil fuels, where the gospel call to 'love one's neighbor’ can be carried out effectively around the world.”

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