Time for World Bank coal investment to end
Top UN climate change official Christiana Figueres said that it is ‘no longer necessary’ for the World Bank to rely on coal in its energy projects, saying that the organization should now focus on bringing alternative energy sources forward. Figureres commended World...RBS sustainability report shows deliberate manipulation of truth by the state-owned bank
One third of RBS energy lending still goes to climate-trashing projects. The report looks solely at project funding, which excludes loans to companies involved in tar sands, or corporations who get coal by blasting the tops off of mountains; decimating landscapes and...Finland: Talvivaara slumps to record low on further leak
Talvivaara Mining Co, the London-listed Finnish nickel miner, plunged to a record in London trading after another wastewater leak was detected at its only mining site. Talvivaara dropped 18 percent to 13.50 pence at 10:19 a.m. in London, the lowest since it first sold...Scottish Coal's collapse: the untold story
Loose Anti Opencast Network (LAON) press release 2013-25, 24 April 2013 (See also information from Coal Action Scotland below this press release) The collapse of the Scottish Coal Company has, according to those charged with liquidating the business, been caused by...The Rio Tinto AGM: money makes their world go round, but for the company's opponents, the struggle goes on
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