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Burning coal may be killing over 100,000 people in India every year
2013-03-13 20:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: India's dependence on coal-fired power plants for energy may be leading directly to the deaths of 80,000 to 115,000 of its citizens every year, according to the first ever report on the health impacts of coal in the country. The report, commissioned by the Conservation Action Trust and Greenpeace-India, deals only with the direct health impact of coal and not climate change. But even ignoring the rising pain of global warming, the bleak report outlines that coal consumption in India is causing over...
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