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13 Oct 2017

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Reuters

The Government of the Netherlands to close all coal-fired power plants by 2030

"Dutch government: shut down all coal-fired power plants by 2030", 10 October 2017

The incoming Dutch government plans to shut all coal-fired power plants by the year 2030... The five remaining plants in the country are highly controversial because they cost billions of euros to build and three have only recently been completed....The Netherlands is lagging behind other European countries in achiving its greenhouse emission reduction goals.