Lobbying by WWF UK to protect Arctic wilderness from a £11bn ($22bn) oil and gas project that threatened the Western Gray Whale with extinction has been successful after the UK and US governments withdrew backing.
… the UK Export Credit Guarantee Department (ECGD) financing. The withholding of the … has raised a number of issues around how ECGD conducts its business," Leaton continued. "It is imperative that ECGD reviews how it can prevent wasting …