Dirty thirty (WWF)

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There are multiple uses of the phrase dirty thirty.

The World Wildlife Fund compiled a list of the thirty most polluting electric power generating stations that they named the dirty thirty.[1][2][3] 27 of the 30 dirtiest plants are coal-fired. Five of the ten worst are in Germany.

The WWF releases an updated list every year.[2][4] In 2007 Germany and the United Kingdom each had ten of the dirtiest thirty plants.

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Dirty Thirty - Europe's worst climate polluting power stations", World Wildlife Fund, Tuesday 4 October 2005. Retrieved on 2008-01-09. 
  2. ^ a b Helena Spongenberg. "WWF Slams Europe's Dirty Power Plants", Business Week, May 11, 2007. Retrieved on 2008-01-09. 
  3. ^ "Dirty Thirty: the report", World Wildlife Fund. Retrieved on 2008-01-09. 
  4. ^ Paul Eccleston. "British power stations 'amongst dirtiest'", The Telegaph, October 5, 2007. Retrieved on 2008-01-09.