Climate hypocrisy: JP Morgan's empty promises on coal

The Ecologist
Mar 24, 2016, 10:23 am84 pts
JP Morgan's announcement that it's pulling out of coal is purest doublespeak, writes Assaad Razzouk. But it's not the only financier to engage in climate hypocrisy, as banks prepare to lend $5 trillion to build 2,440 new coal power stations. To deliver the Paris Agreement they - and the loans that would finance…

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