Swedish energy company Vattenfall plans to sell its German coal operations

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Sale of coal mines and power plants would enable the state-owned energy company to meet its emissions targets without reducing pollution

Swedish state energy company Vattenfall plans to sell off its German lignite operations because it says they are incompatible with the companys climate change goals.

But Greenpeace said the sale of the coal mines and power plants, which includes the fourth largest CO2 emitting power station in Europe, would be an abdication of responsibility and would simply allow Vattenfall to meet its emissions targets without actually reducing pollution.

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