In South Africa, another huge project is set to exacerbate existing air pollution problems, deforestation and water shortages. In India, we heard complaints about coal ash blowing into villages, contaminated water and respiratory and stomach problems, all linked to a project that has had more than $650m in backing from the Obama administration. Guardian and Columbia reporters have spent time at American-backed projects in India, South Africa and Australia to document the sickness, upheavals and environmental harm that come with huge dirty fuel developments. The president has called global warming “terrifying” and helped broker the world’s first proper agreement to tackle it, yet his administration has poured money into developments that will push the planet even closer to climate disaster.įor people living next to US-funded mines and power stations the impacts are even more starkly immediate. ![]() This unprecedented backing of oil, coal and gas projects is an unexpected footnote to Obama’s own climate change legacy.
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