Stop funding coal abroad, NGO group to top investor Bank of China


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The comments add to the growing criticism of China for financing coal-fired power stations overseas, especially as part of its Belt and Road Initiative (Adds BoC response, separate research on coal financing published on Tuesday) By David Stanway SHANGHAI, Sept 14 (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. The comments, made in an open letter to state-controlled BoC's chairman Liu Liange and signed by groups from...