Stop funding coal abroad, NGO alliance tells top investor Bank of China


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SHANGHAI (REUTERS) - Bank of China (BOC), a top global investor in coal power plants, must end the financing of such projects outside the mainland and support clean and renewable energy instead, an alliance of 35 non-governmental organisations said on Tuesday (Sept 14). The comments, made in an open letter to state-controlled BOC's chairman Liu Liange and signed by groups from 13 countries in Asia, Africa and Europe, add to the growing criticism of China for financing coal-fired power stations overseas, especially as part of its Belt and Road Initiative. While China has said that it would respect the right...