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Coal plant 'will hit African poor'

Updated on 04 July 2009

Source PA News

Creating a new coal plant in Kent could lead to 100,000 more people in the developing world losing their water supply during dry seasons, it has been claimed.

Anti-poverty campaigners at the World Development Movement (WDM) also said the controversial plan could be responsible for up to 60,000 more people suffering from drought in Africa.

And they said about 30,000 others could lose their homes every year due to coastal flooding if the Government approves the plant at Kingsnorth on the Hoo Peninsula in Kent.

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