Disaster● LowAug 7 · Aug 7, 2026, 5:00 AM
How Europe’s drought exposes ‘weakness of fossil fuels’ as Poland forced to shut down coal plants
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from EuroNews [en]
Poland has been forced to reduce output on its coal-fired power plants following critically low water levels in the Vistula River.
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