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Green Scissors 2010

Green Scissors 2010 identifies more than $200 billion in wasteful government spending that is damaging to the environment and harmful to consumers.
Letter to the World Bank

Ask to address the issues raised by civil society on the MEDUPI coal fired power plant.
Letter to the House of Representatives

Green Scissors: Urging the House to oppose the extension of the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit at any level.
Letter to the Senate

Green Scissors: Urging the Senate to oppose the extension of the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit at any level.
Capitalizing on climate: The World Bank’s role in climate change & international climate finance

This June 2010 report by Friends of the Earth U.S. examines the various, and often contradictory, roles the World Bank is playing in relation to global efforts to address the climate crisis
10 ways to game the carbon market

This guide outlines ten different ways in which schemers can game carbon trading systems and shows how markets contaminated with carbon offsets are especially prone to corruption and fraud.
Letter to Export-Import Bank Board of Directors

Export-Import Bank Draft Carbon Policy Implementation Plan
Letter to Obiageli Ezekwesili and Kathy Sierra, World Bank

Re: Proposed $3.75 billion loan to Eskom
Letter to Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP, Secretary of State for International Development

Re: Proposed World Bank loan to Eskom, South Africa
Joint Statement of Support “Investing in Our Future Act of 2010”

Legislation helping vulnerable countries and communities address the urgent dual crises of global health and climate change.