The World Bank, which has pledged not to fund fossil fuel extraction, has agreed to pay nearly $2 million to Hunton Andrews Kurth to revise Guyana’s petroleum law. The catch: Hunton has represented Exxon Mobil Corp. for decades, and Exxon Mobil is leading the pack in oil production in Guyana.

At least one German environmental rights group, Urgewald, is objecting to the funding for Hunton both as environmentally unsound and as a conflict of interest.

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