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Coal industry needs dramatic change, says UN climate boss
2013-11-19 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: The coal industry needs to change rapidly to help prevent global warming by leaving most of the fuel in the ground and closing the least efficient power plants, the top climate official at the United Nations said. Christiana Figueres, executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, said fumes from burning the fossil fuel are loading the atmosphere with greenhouse gases, competing for water resources and harming public health. Coal must change rapidly and dramatically...
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