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Weak EU air pollution standards risk thousands of lives, says report
2015-05-20 07:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Weak draft EU rules for coal plant emissions could result in 71,000 deaths and EUR52bn (37bn) of health costs across Europe in the decade to come, according to new research published on Wednesday. A Greenpeace investigation earlier this year found that the coal standards would be more lax than those in China, and the Guardian was able to corroborate claims by the green group that industry had helped to write the pollution rules. The new study commissioned by Greenpeace and the European Environment...
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