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.
Critics say that as the climate crisis worsens, Aberdeen Science Centre is sending the wrong message by partnering with the Norwegian oil major.
Backing massive gas-burning data centres is no way to build a cleaner, more connected electricity system.
Nigel Farageโs anti-net zero policies will do nothing to help struggling farmers, say campaigners.
Brian O'Neill asked the State Department attorney to set up meetings with state and federal officials that would clear the way for his project's gas power plants.
