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China coal emissions responsible for 'quarter of a million premature deaths'
2013-12-12 04:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Emissions from coal plants in China were responsible for a quarter of a million premature deaths in 2011 and are damaging the health of hundreds of thousands of Chinese children, according to a new study. The study by a US air pollution expert, commissioned by Greenpeace, comes as many areas in northern and eastern China have been experiencing hazardous levels of air pollution in recent weeks. In some eastern cities including Shanghai, levels were off the index that tracks dangerous pollution,...
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