Coal power pollution loses Europe millions of working hours a year

Jessica Shankleman
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New report by Greenpeace and Stuttgart University calls for binding 2030 renewable energy targets to tackle coal's health impact

The European economy lost five million working days in 2010 because of illnesses, such as asthma and heart attacks, linked to pollution from coal-fired power plants. That is just one of the stark findings...

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