Reuters: China has pledged to spend 15 billion yuan ($2.19 billion) over two decades to protect the environment in Tibet, which is at serious risk from global warming, the official China Daily reported on Friday. The cash would fund projects to preserve grasslands, woods and wetland, protect endangered animals, grow “forest shelter belts” to protect against gales, and expand clean energy, the paper quoted the region’s governor, Qiangba Puncog, as saying. It was not clear if the …