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Sweden faces climate test as voters oppose brown coal sale
2016-06-15 18:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: The Swedish government is expected to decide this week whether to allow the sale of some of Europe`s most polluting assets. At issue are state-owned Vattenfall`s brown coal mines and plants in Germany, which it wants to offload to Czech firm EPH. That would go against UN climate deal struck in Paris, say critics, calling for the dirty fuel to be left in the ground. Olivia Linander of 350.org urged the ruling parties to "show they take the Paris Agreement seriously" by blocking the transaction....
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