NOTHING MORE THAN HOT AIR

NOTHING MORE THAN HOT AIR

Why would the primary institution entrusted with the task of financing clean energy development at the Rio Eardi Summit in 1992 suddenly lower its standards for fossil fuel power plants, essentially hicentivizing more pollution? The Bank is richer for expanding fossil fuel and carbon finance in the...

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Veröffentlicht in:Earth Island journal 2011-06, Vol.26 (2), p.49-50
1. Verfasser: Wysham, Daphne
Format: Magazinearticle
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Carbon dioxide emissions
Carbon offsets
Coal
Company business management
Earth
Emissions
Emissions reduction
Endangered & extinct species
Energy efficiency
Energy policy
Environmental crimes
Fossil fuels
Gas flaring
Gases
Green Economy?
Greenhouse gas emissions
Industrial plant emissions
Management
Nuclear power plants
Offenses against the environment
Pollutant emissions
Pollution offsets
Renewable energy
World Bank
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Zusammenfassung:Why would the primary institution entrusted with the task of financing clean energy development at the Rio Eardi Summit in 1992 suddenly lower its standards for fossil fuel power plants, essentially hicentivizing more pollution? The Bank is richer for expanding fossil fuel and carbon finance in the global Soutii, the global climate is more unstable with additional carbon dioxide, and some corporation in the global North can claim fake emission reductions and carry on polluting.
ISSN:1041-0406