Climate Change: Coal Plants and Climate

climate change: Gore's 2006 An Inconvenient Truth documentary and book galvanized the climate change movement, according to The Japan Times. He shared the Nobel Peace Prize with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for raising awareness of the threat posed by global warming. Speaking Thursday on the sidelines of an event hosted by environmentalists in Tokyo, Gore added his voice to criticism of the pro-coal policies of Japan, which was blocked from speaking at last month's United Nations climate summit in New York. ; If they build as many new coal plants as some now propose, and subsidize as many new coal plants in other countries as they now have planned, of course that would be a massive policy failure, Gore said. Along with China and India, Japan has been one of the biggest backers of new overseas coal-fired plants through loans and investment. In Vietnam, for example, the Japan Bank for International Cooperation, Sumitomo Corp., and a number of Japanese banks have provided funds for a major new coal plant. The government's development strategy abroad aims to boost infrastructure projects in key industries, including coal and gas. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.