World Bank bureaucrats accused of ‘hypocrisy’ over jet flights to UN climate confab
World Bank bureaucrats The jets at the United Nations annual Global Warming Conference spit out CO2 emissions equal to those produced by 200 US households a year. A leaked guest list shows that 254 World Bank officials attended the 12-day Green Boondingle in November during Azerbaijan's oil- and gas-rich dictatorship. Posting analysis and use of […]
Several groups seek protest permits at Dem Convention, as parallels drawn to violent 1968 confab
At least eight advocacy groups have filed permits to demonstrate near the site of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in August, and some have filed lawsuits against the city seeking permits for the protests. Chicago institutions have been largely tight-lipped about who can apply for permits and hold demonstrations, amid speculation that unrest within […]