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Ex-Im Bank considers deals with corrupt governments
The U.S. Export-Import Bank loves to remind us that it is not a development agency, and, therefore, is not held to the same requirements as say a development finance institution. Even still, some of t…
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Comments to OPIC on Natural Gas and Methane in the ESPS
Friends of the Earth is greatly concerned about OPIC’s support of natural gas and aims to dispel the myth that it is a clean energy and a bridge fuel. Friends of the Earth recommends that OPIC take…
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Comments to OPIC on a Mine Expansion in Guinea
Friends of the Earth U.S. writes to provide comments on OPIC’s potential support for the proposed expansion of an existing Bauxite mine in Sangaredi, Guinea. We have reviewed the project Environment…
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Thousands in Bangladesh march across 155 miles against threatening coal projects
Thousands of Bangladeshis participated in a “Long March” from the capital city of Dhaka to the Sundarbans forest March 10 to March 13 to protest the construction of various coal projects proposed…
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No to HSBC and Credit Agricole at GCF (March 2016)
The statement calls on the Board of the Green Climate Fund to reject formal partnerships with these two banking giants, given their long records of fossil fuel financing, and human rights, environment…
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Bangladesh coal projects put human health and pivotal ecosystem at risk
Communities in Bangladesh are fighting to stop multiple coal projects, which the U.S. Export-Import Bank may finance, from destroying the air they breathe and the natural resources they depend on. Two…
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5 simple reasons to oppose HSBC and Credit Agricole at the Green Climate Fund
Either Wednesday or Thursday of this week, the Board of the Green Climate Fund will decide whether or not banking giants HSBC and Credit Agricole will become “accredited entities” of the G…
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Green Climate Fund must say no to partnerships with HSBC, Crédit Agricole
SONGDO, SOUTH KOREA — The Green Climate Fund must not channel its money through two scandal-ridden international commercial banks that are leading funders of the coal industry, say civil society gr…
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OPIC: Financing for the sake of development or corporate welfare?
The Overseas Private Investment Corporation provides financing to projects in the name of helping countries develop. The problem is that often these projects seem to help large corporations more than…
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Input for GCF ESMS
Joint civil society submission: Inputs for the Green Climate Fund’s to-be-developed Environmental and Social Management System