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Pollution fears over proposed nickle plant in Noumea
2013-05-05 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ONE News: New Caledonia is poised to become one of the world's worst polluters per capita with plans to build another coal plant to power nickel production. The country already hosts one nickel treatment plant powered by coal, and plans to build another one in three years could see carbon emissions almost triple to 36.8 tonnes. "It's unacceptable," Martine Comaille from Ensemble Pour La Planete said. "We are deeply against this coal power plant because New Caledonia will be a very big contributor to...
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