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Oopsie! $1 Billion UN Funds to Fight Climate Change Built Coal Power Plants
2014-12-02 15:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Newsweek: About $1 billion in United Nations funding meant to help developing countries take action against climate change went, unnoticed, towards Japanese companies for the construction of three coal-fired power plants, the Associated Press reported Monday. Coal-burning power plants are the worlds biggest source of atmospheric CO2, a key driver of global warming. U.N. climate chief Christiana Figueres was apparently unaware of where those funds wound up until it was brought to her attention by the...
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