chapter two
Image Aerial view of the Vattenfall brown coal (lignite) power plants Schwarze Pumpe (foreground) and Boxberg (background). These plants are among the worst air polluters in Germany, estimated to cause a combined total of 2,900 lost life years due to premature deaths, and 62,000 lost working days due to various illnesses. 26
Silent Killers Why Europe must replace coal power with green energy