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Reliance on coal contributed to EU's five largest energy companies losing €100bn in share value, report finds

Sticking with coal rather than clean energy wiped €100bn (£73.5bn) off the value of Europe's five biggest utilities between 2008 and 2013, a new study claims. E.On, RWE, GDF Suez, EDF and Enel, which...

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