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Rupert Neate “Rockefeller family charity to withdraw all investments in fossil fuel companies” http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/mar/23/rockefeller-fund-divestment-fossil-fuel-companies-oil-coal-climate-change
Rockefeller Family Fund “RFF's Decision to Divest” http://www.rffund.org/divestment

上掲のニュースが日本の或る種のサークルの中で如何に受容され・消費されているのかは知らず。
1967年に設立された、ロックフェラー*1系のチャリティ団体、Rockefeller Family Fundは石油などの「化石燃料会社」への投資を「可及的速やかに」引き上げることを宣言した。ロックフェラーといえば、1937年に死んだジョン・D・ロックフェラーの富は殆ど「スタンダード石油」（現在のエクソンモービル）によって築かれたと言っても過言ではない。しかしながら、今回の「声明」でRFFは特にエクソンモービルの名を挙げて、その「道徳的に非難されるべき行い」に言及している。『ガーディアン』の記事から引用；

“We would be remiss if we failed to focus on what we believe to be the morally reprehensible conduct on the part of ExxonMobil. Evidence appears to suggest that the company worked since the 1980s to confuse the public about climate change’s march, while simultaneously spending millions to fortify its own infrastructure against climate change’s destructive consequences and track new exploration opportunities as the Arctic’s ice receded.”
An Exxon spokesman told CNBC: “It’s not surprising that they’re divesting from the company since they’re already funding a conspiracy against us.” The RFF denied that it was conspiring against Exxon, and a spokesman said the claim was “a complete mischaracterization of our program work”.
The RFF’s accusation of morally reprehensible conduct is in reference to New York state attorney general Eric Schneiderman’s investigation, launched in November, into whether Exxon lied to the public and shareholders about the risks of climate change.
The investigation, which has also been taken up by California’a attorney general, follows reports that internal company documents from the 1980s and 90s show Exxon’s in-house scientists were warning company executives about the dangers of climate change, while Exxon was publicly claiming that climate science was not proven.
At the time, an Exxon spokesman said: “We unequivocally reject the allegations that ExxonMobil has suppressed climate change research.”

エクソン側は「陰謀（ a conspiracy）」という言葉を使っているぞ。
また、

RFF is not the first Rockefeller family organisation to vow to divest from fossil fuels. Last year the Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF) said it was withdrawing all of the $45m it had invested in fossil fuels.
However, the much wealthier Rockefeller Foundation, whose endowment tops $4bn, is understood to be opposed to divestment for now.

リチャード・コシミズとかは何か言っているのだろうか。もしかして、最後のパラグラフを手懸りにして〈内紛〉ストーリーで行くのかしら、とも思った。