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Coal plant threatens world's largest mangrove forest - and Bangladesh's future
Rahman, Mowdud; Aitken, Greg
http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2986635/coal_plant_threatens_worlds_largest_mangrove_forest_and_bangladeshs_future.htmlDate Written: 2015-12-10 Publisher: Ecologist Year Published: 2015 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX18498 As COP21 reaches its endgame, there are plans to build 2,440 coal-fired power plants around the worl. Their completion would send global temperatures, and sea levels, soaring. Yet Bangladesh, the world's most 'climate vulnerable' large country, has plans for a 1.3GW coal power plant on the fringes of its World Heritage coastal wetlands. Subject Headings |