EU complicity in colossal, lawless air pollution from Balkan coal plants must prompt swift action – new report - Bankwatch

Around 19,000 people are estimated to have died over the past three years as a result of air pollution from Western Balkan coal-fired power plants, according to a report released today by CEE Bankwatch Network and the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air.

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EU complicity in colossal, lawless air pollution from Balkan coal plants must prompt swift action – new report - Bankwatch