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India and the true cost of coal

India is the fastest growing large economy in the world and to a large extent that growth is being fuelled by coal. At the same time, India's air pollution is among the worst in the world and has a measurable impact upon life expectancy. The developed world has gone a long way towards phasing coal out of its energy mix but for India, that is a much more complicated task.


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