It’s enough to give you whiplash. Last month, the World Bank put out a devastating new report on why 4 degrees Celsius of global warming “simply must not be allowed to occur.” This month, the Bank is considering whether to provide financing for a new coal-fired power plant in Mongolia – which will provide power to Rio Tinto‘s massive Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold mine.
See http://www.minesandcommunities.org/article.php?a=12060&l=1 and http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/dec/14/worldbank-climate-change.