Romanian coal-fired power plants need investment to curb pollution


  • World
  • Friday, 08 Sep 2017

DEVA, Romania (Reuters) - "I pollute to death," said the message projected by Greenpeace activists onto the Mintia coal-fired power plant in central Romania late on Thursday.

More than half of Romania's 28 coal-fired plants, including Mintia, are operating without environmental permits or lacked upgrades that would make them less polluting, according to a Greenpeace report released earlier in the day.

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