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===Environmentalists Oppose World Bank Loan to Eskom===
{{#evpev:youtube|Upj2bMddr8E|200|right|World Bank & Coal Power in South Africa .|right|200frame}}In late February 2010, climate change activists and concerned individuals from about the world expressed concern that the [[World Bank]] would fund new coal-fired power stations proposed by the South African government-owned utility, [[Eskom]]. One of the projects is the [[Medupi power station]], a 4800 megawatt plant under construction in Lephalale in the country's northern region of Limpopo.
Groups opposing the project, which includes Climate Justice Now, groundWork and the Federation for a Sustainable Environment, vowed to pressure country directors within the World Bank to vote against the loan and also said they would revive the World Bank "bond boycott" that was launched last decade to end structural adjustment programs and anti-environmental project funded by the Bank.<ref>[http://www.busrep.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=552&fArticleId=5363981 "Eskom told to charge companies fair rates "], Business Report, February 23, 2010.</ref>
