Greenpeace threatens to sue coal utility in Poland

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Activists are calling on PGE to phase out coal by 2030 and switch to clean energy, or face legal action

Greenpeace has threatened to sue Polish state-owned coal utility company PGE over climate change on Thursday, in what would be the first litigation of its kind in Poland. The previous day six activists...

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