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Coal dust kills 23,000 per year in EU: report

2016-07-04 17:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Phys.Org: Coal accounts for 18 percent of the EU's greenhouse gas emissions in 2014 and a quarter of its electricity mix in 2015 Lung-penetrating dust from coal-fired power plants in the European Union claims some 23,000 lives a year and racks up tens of billions of euros in health costs, an NGO report said Tuesday. Even as the bloc shifts towards renewable sources like wind and Sun energy, coal still accounted for 18 percent of the EU's greenhouse gas emissions in 2014 and a quarter of its electricity...

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