Jun 132013
Burning coal also costs companies and governments billions of pounds in disease treatment and lost working days.
from The Guardian
"Air pollution from Europe's 300 largest coal power stations causes 22,300 premature deaths a year and costs companies and governments billions of pounds in disease treatment and lost working days, says a major study of the health impacts of burning coal to generate electricity.
"The research, from Stuttgart University's Institute for energy economics and commissioned by Greenpeace International, suggests that a further 2,700 people can be expected to die prematurely each year if a new generation of 50 planned coal plants are built in Europe. 'The coal-fired power plants in Europe cause a considerable amount of health impacts,' the researchers concluded. …"
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