Tuesday, November 20, 2012

New Global Assessment Reveals Nearly 1,200 Proposed Coal-Fired Power Plants

World Resources Institute: Coal-fired power plants are a major source of greenhouse gas emissions--one that could be increasing significantly globally, according to new analysis from the World Resources Institute. Several months ago, WRI began compiling and analyzing information about proposed new coal-fired plants in order to assess potential future risks to the global climate. We released our findings today in the Global Coal Risk Assessment working paper. Our research shows that 1,199 new coal-fired plants with a total...

URL: http://insights.wri.org/news/2012/11/new-global-assessment-reveals-nearly-1200-proposed-coal-fired-power-plants
Enclosure: http://www.wri.org/publication/global-coal-risk-assessment

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