Coal-fired power plants are the single biggest global source of greenhouse gas emissions. Coal is the dirtiest fuel and global coal reserves represent a greater source of potential CO2 than any other fossil fuel. Although coal-fired plants account for just 40 per cent of world energy production, they are responsible for more than 70 per cent of energy-sector emissions. Europe’s coal power plant operators regularly face the choice of shutting older plants down, or investing in costly life extensions. Such decisions have far-reaching consequences for meeting EU climate goals. This report exposes the top 30 CO2 -polluting thermal power plants in the EU - the “Dirty 30” - and sets out the policies needed to tackle the pollution they produce.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/europes-dirty-thirty
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/kathrin-gutmann
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/julia-huscher
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/darek-urbaniak-et-al
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/climate-action-network-europe
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/fossil-fuels
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/thermal-power-plants
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/coal
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/europe
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/germany
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/energy-policy
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/air-pollution
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/european-union-eu
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/greenhouse-gases
