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Coal-fired power plants still heavy polluters [1]

Large combustion plants are responsible for two thirds of EUs total sulphur emissions, and the coal-fired top ten polluters account for 30 per cent.

Publication Date: 
01/03/2009
Christer Agren [2]
Acid News [3]
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Air Pollution [4], Oxides Of Nitrogen (NOx) [5], Climate Change [6], Coal [7], Thermal Power Plants [8], European Union (EU) [9]
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[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/thermal-power-plants
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