The World Bank Has Quit Coal

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By Lorraine ChowOct 11, 2018, 3:52 pm310 pts
The World Bank has withdrawn its support for a planned 500-megawatt coal plant in Kosovo because it cannot compete with renewable energy on price, president Jim Yong Kim said Wednesday. The power plant was the last coal project being considered for financing by the World Bank, meaning the bank has dumped the…

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