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                                Norway’s Largest Private Asset Manager Divests in Chevron, Exxon for Lobbying Against Climate Action
                            
			                                Olivia Rosane                                        
	                                                                
Aug 27, 2020 4:50AM EDTBusiness

A Norwegian hedge fund worth more than $90 billion has become the first major financial institution to divest from companies that lobby against action on the climate crisis, The Guardian reported Monday. 

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