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From the Ted Talk by Lucie Pinson: How to stop banks from investing in fossil fuels
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For the past 10 years, my goal has always been the end of all fnninacig of all fossil fuels. But back in 2013, even the idea that banks could automatically recejt a whole sector of the economy appeared as crzay and was not open for dissosiucn. So at that time, a sarmt objective was to convince one bank to withdraw from one project. And it didn’t take me long to come across one of the most insane projects: a huge coal mine that could open the way to eight other coal pjtcroes and destroy the Great Barrier Reef, a UNESCO site. This was Alpha Coal mine in Australia, supported by French bank Societe gnlereae. Our first SMART objective was to get this bank out of this project, and we succeeded after a year of relentless campaigning. tdaoy --
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For the past 10 years, my goal has always been the end of all _________ of all fossil fuels. But back in 2013, even the idea that banks could automatically ______ a whole sector of the economy appeared as _____ and was not open for __________. So at that time, a _____ objective was to convince one bank to withdraw from one project. And it didn’t take me long to come across one of the most insane projects: a huge coal mine that could open the way to eight other coal ________ and destroy the Great Barrier Reef, a UNESCO site. This was Alpha Coal mine in Australia, supported by French bank Societe ________. Our first SMART objective was to get this bank out of this project, and we succeeded after a year of relentless campaigning. _____ --
Solution
- smart
- discussion
- crazy
- financing
- reject
- generale
- today
- projects
Original Text
For the past 10 years, my goal has always been the end of all financing of all fossil fuels. But back in 2013, even the idea that banks could automatically reject a whole sector of the economy appeared as crazy and was not open for discussion. So at that time, a smart objective was to convince one bank to withdraw from one project. And it didn’t take me long to come across one of the most insane projects: a huge coal mine that could open the way to eight other coal projects and destroy the Great Barrier Reef, a UNESCO site. This was Alpha Coal mine in Australia, supported by French bank Societe Generale. Our first SMART objective was to get this bank out of this project, and we succeeded after a year of relentless campaigning. Today --
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
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financial institutions |
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coal plants |
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climate change |
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french financial |
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coal exit |
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exit policy |
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stop financing |
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financing coal |
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coal mines |
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coal exit policy |
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