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The House Condemns the World's Poorest to Dirty Coal
2014-06-19 15:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: The FY2015 State Foreign Operations spending bill that emerged from the House on Tuesday demonstrates a clear misunderstanding of the role of international institutions in promoting U.S. interests and reflects the inconsistent priorities and hypocrisy of House Republicans. The bill cuts funding for the UN Human Rights Council and other worthy institutions, while simultaneously boosting spending to build coal-fired power plants overseas. Although trade-offs must be made when budgets are tight, steering...
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