The Tata Mundra Coal Plant: A Test for Presidents Obama and Kim
Coal is a bad investment – for the poorest, for those consuming the power, for the World Bank, and more broadly, for all of us.
Winning the Fight Against Coal Financing
Hopefully, this is the dawn of a new day, when public financing of coal mines and power plants around the world is no longer acceptable. After 16 years of persistent pressure from IPS and other groups, our government seems to finally be listening.
One Reason Behind India’s Blackout: World Bank Policies and Neoliberalism
An ideology of neoliberalism foisted on India by the World Bank and IMF was partly to blame for the blackout.
World Bank played a role in India’s flawed energy infrastructure, says expert Daphne Wysham
Expert Available: Daphne Wysham on India’s power outage
Gores Challenge Puts the Heat On
Gore’s call for the United States to source all its electricity from clean, renewable energy within a decade is truly revolutionary.
World Bank Climate Profiteering
As it tries to paint its image green, the Bank backs an Indian coal plant being built by the Tata Group.