"A group of religious, environmental, civil rights and other interest groups is pushing Congress to allocate hundreds of millions of dollars for a United Nations climate change fund.

Dozens of groups wrote to the heads of the House and Senate Appropriations committees asking them to set aside $750 million this year for the Green Climate Fund, which gives poor countries money to cut greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to climate change.

They’re fighting against efforts led by congressional Republicans and conservatives, who want to block any potential money going to the fund that the Obama administration’s critics see as a wasteful international slush fund."

Timothy Cama reports for The Hill March 31, 2016. [2]