Record sums were invested last year in coal power – the most carbon intensive form of energy on the planet – by the World Bank, despite international commitments to slash the carbon emissions blamed for climate change. The World Bank said this week that a total of US$3.4bn ย – or a quarter of all funding for energy projects – was spent in the year to June 2010 helping to build new coal-fired power stations. Over the same period the bank also spent $1bn ย on looking and drilling for oil and gas.
Trump-aligned CPAC is backing far-right electoral candidates across Latin America and Europe โ including Hungarian strongman Viktor Orbรกn.
The Liberals once talked tough about distancing Canada from the U.S. Now they seem eager to profit from the presidentโs agenda.
Ahead of elections in both countries, DeSmog has catalogued the connections between Hungaryโs autocratic government and Farageโs operation.
DeSmog investigation reveals details of push to influence local officials to approve mega-project in Coweta County.
