Clean-up of Indian coal-fired power plants 'could have saved 720,000 lives'

Researchers say early deaths may have been avoided over 10-year period if technology installedResearch has estimated the health impacts from the coal-fired power plants that operate across India.Six hundred coal power plants generate more than 70% of India's electricity. Despite regulations passed in 2015, fewer than 5% of these plants operate with modern systems to clean up air pollutants from their chimneys. In China, 95% of coal-fired power plants were fitted with clean-up technologies by 2013. Continue reading...