South Africa Power Giant Is Now World’s Biggest Sulfur Dioxide Emitter, CREA Says
- Pollutant has been linked to asthma and heart attacks
- Eskom needs to close some plants, upgrade others, CREA says
A truck drives by the Kendal coal-fired power station, operated by Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd., in Mpumalanga, South Africa.
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Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd., South Africa’s coal-reliant power utility, has become the world’s biggest emitter of sulfur dioxide, a pollutant linked to ailments ranging from asthma to heart attacks, the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air said.