BNP Paribas Cuts Ties With Polish Electricity Producers Over Coal Dependency

… has cut ties with electricity producers in Poland, … thermal coal and generating electricity from coal. Specifically, … loans to the Polish electricity sector would decline “significantly … zero its exposure to Polish electricity companies.
 
 
 
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from Electric Power News http://bit.ly/2EADlVZ


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