U.S. to Pull Out of Carbon Projects Overseas Entirely for First Time Following Biden Order
The Biden administration intends to pull U.S. funding from all foreign "carbon-intensive projects" in a move that will bar American backing of these projects abroad for the "first time," Bloomberg News reported Friday after obtaining a cable sent to U.S. embassies.
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