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U.S. pressured to block proposed coal-fired power plant for Pakistan

2013-12-10 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

ClimateWire: The Obama administration faces the first test of its pledge to oppose funding for overseas coal projects today when the Asian Development Bank (ADB) board decides on $900 million for a coal plant in Pakistan. Environmentalists have put pressure on the United States to vote against the plant instead of merely abstaining, as countries often do before the multilateral development bank boards when they oppose a project but also don't want to stand in the way of its ultimate approval. Bank officials...

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