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  World Bank Fossil Fuel Lending Increases in Last Year

  Elizabeth Bast, October 8, 2013
  In spite of a heightened institutional focus on combating climate change, the World Bank increased its lending for fossil fuels over the last year. Meanwhile, the World Bank also has a ways to go in terms of tackling its objective of supporting universal access to energy, as only 8 percent of the Bank’s energy portfolio last year targeted the world’s poorest.

• World Bank Group Increases Lending for Fossil Fuels and Large Hydro

  Elizabeth Bast, October 8, 2013
  The World Bank Group (WBG) increased financing for both fossil fuels and large hydropower significantly this past year, while financing for clean energy dropped. Overall, only 8 percent of the Bank’s energy financing last year was aimed specifically at the poor.
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  Electrifying Africa – But at What Cost to Africans?

  Elizabeth Bast, September 16, 2013
  Two U.S. initiatives to provide Africans with electricity seem likely to lead to large, climate-polluting projects rather than the locally sourced renewable energy rural Africa needs.
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  Beating back the climate denial behind All of the Above

  David Turnbull, August 14, 2013
  Paying lip service to climate science and then running full speed ahead down the fossil fuel pathway to climate chaos is just another form of climate denial. We need our leaders to wake up and make some hard choices, commensurate with the difficult climate reality we face.
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  How All of the Above will tank the climate

  Matt Maiorana, August 13, 2013
  Instead of confronting the climate crisis head on, President Obama and others promoting "All of the Above" have decided to include oil, gas, and coal development alongside solar and wind energy. Read more about the biggest offenses.

• 59 Groups Pressure World Bank to Clean Up Energy Lending

  Elizabeth Bast, April 3, 2013
  Development, faith, human rights, community, and environmental groups from more than 20 countries teamed up today to ask World Bank President Jim Kim to end Bank support for all fossil fuel projects unless the projects are solely focused on directly increasing energy access for the poor.
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  60,000 Say No to EDF’s Legal Bullying

  Andy Rowell, March 4, 2013
  Just under 60,000 people have now signed a petition that demands that the French energy company EDF drop a sinister lawsuit against 21 climate change activists who occupied one of its power plants last year.
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  Rigging the Gas Game

  Andy Rowell, November 13, 2012
  The big energy companies are rigging the market to make excessive profits, if the claims of a key whistleblower are to be believed
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  “No Dash for Gas” Ends Protest

  Andy Rowell, November 5, 2012
  This morning the last two protesters from the “No Dash for Gas” group occupying the chimney of a huge gas power station in the UK intend to end their protest having shut the new power station down for a week. They and other protesters who have already come down have been protesting against the UK...
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  NY Mayor Bloomberg Backs Fracking

  Andy Rowell, August 28, 2012
  The people have spoken, but they are being ignored. Yesterday, over one thousand people marched to New York’s state Capitol to demonstrate their opposition to fracking. They delivered a pledge of resistance which has now been signed by thousands of people. The march was intended to intensify pressure on New York Governor Andrew Cuomo as...
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