High-CO2 investments could be next sub-prime

The UK’s future economic stability is at risk from organisations investing in activities that are damaging the environment, the Bank of England has been warned.

In an open letter to Sir Mervyn King, the bank’s governor, a group of investors and academics has called for an investigation into the level of the UK’s exposure to high-carbon investme

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the environmentalist May 2012

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