Inter Press Service: As the World Bank approved a controversial $3-billion loan for the Medupi coal-fired power plant in South Africa on Thursday, both the details and the broader impacts of the loan continue to be criticised by community and environmental groups. The United States, Britain, The Netherlands, Norway and Italy abstained from voting on the loan, thus showing their opposition without taking the stronger, less-diplomatic action of voting “no”. Their concerns were largely environment or …