Financial Times UK | By Tom Mitchell in Bainitang | October 9 2008 04:33 The Chinese hamlet of Bainitang is only about 150 kilometres upriver from the bright lights of Hong Kong. The journey to the impoverished settlement, however, takes a visitor back in time along progressively worse roads, with the last few kilometres an [...]
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Israel's demand for water is draining the Sea of Galilee
Financial Times Deutschland | Tobias Buck (Jerusalem) Falling water levels in the Sea of Galilee are raising questions about the sustainability of Israel’s fresh water supplies. Fishing, agriculture and tourism in the region are also being placed under strain. Amos Onn has lived on the banks of the biblical Sea of Galilee since 1956, when [...]
World Bank lending for coal up 256%
Published by Steve Kretzmann | October 8th, 2008 | Oil Change International Relying exclusively on the World Bank’s own figures, a new analysis shows World Bank Group lending to coal, oil and gas is up 94% from 2007, reaching over $3 billion. Coal lending alone has increased an astonishing 256% in the last year. This [...]
