According to the latest survey by environmental group WWF, the only country with dirtier power plants than Germany was Greece.
Germany had six coal-burning plants among the top-ten most polluting sites in the European Union, the WWF survey showed. And it was tied with Britain for having the largest number of dirty electricity plants overall. Each country contributed ten plants to the total.
Overall, the WWF said, the Dirty Thirty in seven countries pumped out nearly 400 million tons of carbon dioxide in 2006. That's 10 per cent of all EU CO2 emissions.
