 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
Greenpeace slams World Bank over energy
Istanbul (AFP) Oct 5, 2009 The environmental organisation Greenpeace slammed the World Bank on Monday, saying it was financing energy projects in developing countries that contribute to global warming. "We demand that the bank immediately stops funding any new fossil fuel investment," Greenpeace campaigner Tony Sadownichik told reporters. "We are urging the bank to listen to ... the people who are going to suffer most from climate change and from being given old world technologies." The press conference in Istanbul ahead of annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank, was interrupted by a senior World Bank official who accused Greenpeace of distorting information. "What we are hearing here is that the World Bank should not finance any form of fossil fuel. I'm worried about the 1.6 billion people who don't have access to energy," said Jamal Saghir, bank director for energy transport and water. Saghir said that World Bank financing for renewable energy projects had increased more than three times over the past three years, while funds for fossil energy projects were up only 8.5 percent. Greenpeace said that in 2007-2009, the World Bank allocated 2.2 billion dollars (1.5 billion euros) to projects based on fossil energy and only 783 million dollars (535 million euros) to projects of renewable energy. Share This Article With Planet Earth
Related Links
French designer to build 'green' houses with Slovenian firmLjubljana (AFP) Oct 5, 2009 French designer Philippe Starck on Monday signed a contract to design prefabricated houses that will be produced and distributed by Slovenian wooden-house producer Riko. "This contract is only the beginning of our collaboration," Janez Skrabec, head of Riko, told journalists after the signing. The first prefabricated house will be completed early next year, with the construction of furth ... read more |
|
|
| The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2009 - SpaceDaily. AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA Portal Reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement,agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by SpaceDaily on any Web page published or hosted by SpaceDaily. Privacy Statement |
del.icio.us
Digg
Reddit
YahooMyWeb
Google
Facebook