Dirty coal is here to stay

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Dirty coal is here to stay

Coal producers are already taking advantage of the oil shortage and might even more in the future. In 2004 43 % of the electricity produced in the world came from coal.

Year: 2009

From collection: Kick the Habit: A UN Guide to Climate Neutrality

Cartographer: GRID-Arendal

Tags: climate change

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Kick the Habit: A UN Guide to Climate Neutrality

Written and produced by GRID-Arendal for World Environment Day 2008, shows how various levels of society can work towards climate...

10 Jul 2008 Monograph