Chapter 16: Nonrenewable Energy3. This article deals with a global environmental issue.
4. The World Bank has issued new rules regarding the use of carbon-intensive coal burning plants. These new rules would only allow lending for coal plants to the world's poorest nations and would only lend after renewable energy choices have been completely ruled out. The President of the World Bank has spoke out and says that we need to do something about the climate change and move away from the amount of fossil fuels we currently use. Although he has says this, the actions of the World Bank show to be very different. Last year the bank received criticism for approving a 3.75 billion dollar loan to South Africa to build one of the world's largest coal plants. Many say that we should move away from fossil fuels completely, like oil and gas and not simply just coal.
5. I think it is great that the people that give away the loans to build power-plants are doing their part to limit how many coal-fired plants we have in the world. They recognize the damage it is doing to the climate and the environment. I also think they should set new rules for the drilling of oil and gas. Since fracking for natural gas has become increasingly popular and very destructive, they should also try to do something to limit that.
6. Fossil Fuels- A hydrocarbon deposit, such as petroleum, coal, or natural gas, derived from living matter of a previous geologic time and used for fuel.
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