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UNESCO urges halt to plan for Bangladesh coal plant in delta

AP Science News - Fetched: October 20th, 2016, 7:00am UTC

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) -- The U.N. agency devoted to preserving world heritage has joined environmental groups urging Bangladesh to halt plans for a massive coal-fired power plant near ecologically sensitive mangrove forests on the coast. UNESCO says it poses a amp;quot;serious threatamp;quot; to a region that protects the nation from flooding and holds one of the worldamp;apos;s last populations of wild tigers....

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