Sentences with phrase «deadly coal pollution»
The Sierra Club threw its full weight behind a fear - mongering campaign in Ohio where elected officials sought nuclear energy as a way to reduce deadly coal pollution.
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We wanted to get the word out and build momentum for the Road to Paris in a country where rising heat is becoming deadly and researchers find that pollution from coal power plants is chopping over three years off the average citizen's lifespan, but «climate change» is hardly in the popular lexicon.
President Francois Hollande announced an end to export credit financing for coal, making France the latest domino to fall as countries and banks commit to ending support for this deadly fossil fuel, whose pollution kills up to 100,000 people in India and 250,000 people in China every year.
Despite these deadly consequences, coal lobbyists have successfully delayed mercury pollution controls for years at the expense of tens of thousands of lives.
Coal - fired power plants are the nation's largest source of mercury, sulfur dioxide (SO2) pollution, carbon pollution and many other deadly pollutants that can trigger heart attacks and contribute to respiratory problems.