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Brussels moves to limit coal lobby's influence on pollution standards

2015-05-28 17:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: European countries must not allow industry experts in their national delegations to lobby for weaker coal standards, the European commissions top environment official has said. The move follows revelations by the Guardian that big energy lobbyists included in British delegations to Brussels mounted a sustained and aggressive drive for weaker limits on toxic pollutants that are responsible for over 20,000 deaths a year in the UK alone. The new instruction by the commissions director-general...

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