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Bangladesh biggest power plant will harm worlds biggest mangrove forest
2013-11-01 11:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Burning coal is a surefire way of damaging the climate, and harming mangroves is a surefire way of worsening climate impacts. Which makes the planned construction of Bangladeshs largest coal-fired power plant at the edge of the worlds biggest mangrove forest doubly troubling. Construction is beginning on the 1,320-megawatt Rampal power plant less than 10 miles from the Sundarbans, the sweeping mangrove system that straddles Bangladesh and India, helping to protect an eastern chunk of the Subcontinent...
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