Coal-fired power plants disrupt rainfall and threaten human health, study shows

Coal-fired power plants can pose a bigger threat to human health and the environment than cars, a groundbreaking long-term global study has revealed.

Barnaby Joyce has called for the Morrison government
to bankroll a new coal plant, despite health and
environmental concerns.

Modern coal-fired power stations emit higher levels of dangerous pollutants known as “ultrafine dust particles” than urban road traffic, and can even redistribute rainfall patterns, researchers from Australia and Germany have found.

While road traffic has long been considered the main source of ultrafine particles (UFP) in urban areas, the 15-year study showed that coal-fired power stations clearly emit larger amounts of UFPs through filtering technology of exhaust gas.

Read the story from The New Daily by Isabelle Lane - “Coal-fired power plants disrupt rainfall and threaten human health, study shows.”