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.
The newspaper has been scolding the BBC for its editorial failings, while issuing a string of climate corrections.
Proposed changes to the GHG Protocol would lead to double counting of carbon reductions in the livestock sector, experts say.
Space devoted to promoting flights, cruises, SUVs, and the oil industry dwarfed the column inches given to last year's U.N. climate summit, study finds.
British-owned ad agency VML used "halo effect" of clean energy to build brand awareness that increased fuel sales, documents show.
