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Coal-addicted Poland gears for key UN climate talks
2013-11-09 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: The UN climate talks opening in Warsaw next week will not be without a touch of irony. The chair of a high-stakes meeting to roll back greenhouse gases is none other than Poland, one of the world's most ardent users and outspoken defenders of coal. Poland's dependence on cheap and plentiful black stuff means it ranks fifth for carbon dioxide (CO2) pollution in the European Union (EU), behind Germany, Britain, Italy and France, whose economies are far bigger. Coal accounts for about 90 percent...
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