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Paris - 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 on Tuesday.
Even as the bloc shifts towards renewable sources like wind and solar energy, coal still accounted for 18% of the EU's greenhouse gas emissions in 2014...