Not Paying our Share!
Well, well! As I mentioned below (Living in a "State of Fear"), wealthy nations are always being dunned for more money under the guise of "environmentalism." This time the World Bank has their hand out:
The article failed to mention anything about the failed U.N. Food for Oil money that was meant for impoverished Iraqis but found its way into the pockets of the truly greedy and corrupt. Why doesn't the World Bank try to go after some of those billions?
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The World Bank on Tuesday chastised rich countries for not giving enough to fund global environmental protection and warned that overall progress in meeting global environmental targets was "alarmingly slow."
In an annual report entitled "Environment Matters," the World Bank said aid for the environment averaged about $2 billion a year over the past decade, far less than well-off societies agreed during a major environment summit in Brazil in 1992.
World Bank's top environment official, Ian Johnson, said in the report that it was vital that global efforts on the environment be targeted and coordinated to enhance growth and reduce poverty. (emphasis mine)
The article failed to mention anything about the failed U.N. Food for Oil money that was meant for impoverished Iraqis but found its way into the pockets of the truly greedy and corrupt. Why doesn't the World Bank try to go after some of those billions?
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