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A new report published Tuesday shows that the World Bank loaned billions of dollars to the fossil fuel industry last year despite its repeated promises to focus more on a low-carbon economy.Research conducted by theGerman environmental and human rights nonprofit Urgewaldshows that the bank spent an estimate
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The intersection in Minneapolis where George Floyd died will now be
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