25 January 2010
A memo from the U.S. Treasury Department laying out conditions for supporting new coal projects at MDBs has angered several other shareholders in the World Bank. Nine executive directors objected that they were being cut off from financing for cheap coal while the U.S. still produces 26% of coal generated electricity worldwide.
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China, India, and others hit back at new U.S. coal rules, by Lisa Friedman, E&E News, January 25, 2010