Andhra Pradesh at the forefront of Indian 'coal rush' Energy generated from new coal-power stations in this single state could eclipse emissions from an entire country

Indian labourers unload coal powder on the outskirts of Hyderabad, capital of the state Andhra Pradesh. Photograph: Noah Seelam/AFP/Getty Images

By John Vidal, environment editor - The Guardian, UK

A single Indian state is to build a new fleet of coal-power stations that could make it one of the world's top 20 emitters of carbon emissions – on a par with countries such as Spain or Poland.

The proposed coal plants in the south-eastern state of Andhra Pradesh are part of a wider Indian "coal rush" to bring power to the country's hundreds of millions living without electricity. They face opposition from local people and environmental NGOs who warn of farmland being turned over to opencast mines and coasts being threatened with pollution from ports that will handle coal.


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