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Burning coal can help the planet, delusional U.N. board decides

Good news, America! The U.N. has just proved that the United States does not have the world’s monopoly on bad climate ideas. The board in charge of the U.N.’s Green Climate Fund — money that’s supposed to be used to help developing nations fight and prepare for climate change — decided last week that some of its funding can be used to build … coal plants.

Burning coal can help the planet, delusional U.N. board decides

-Grist.org 3/30/2015

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