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New coal plants 'most urgent' threat to the planet, warns OECD head

2015-07-03 18:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Governments must rethink plans for new coal-fired power plants around the world, as these are now the most urgent threat to the future of the planet, the head of the OECD has warned. In unusually strong terms for the organisation best known as a club of the worlds richest countries its secretary general Angel Gurria, told governments to think twice, or three, or four times before allowing new coal-fired plants to go ahead. They will still be emitting years from now, he warned. As...

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