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EU reaches preliminary deal on reducing industrial emissions

This general view taken on October 31, 2018, shows the Emile Huchet power plant, coal plant and combined gas plant, located in Saint-Avold as seen from Longeville-les-Saint-Avold, eastern France. © AFP - JEAN-CHRISTOPHE VERHAEGEN

EU member countries and the European Parliament said Wednesday they had reached a preliminary agreement on curbing industrial emissions, including those from intensive poultry and pig farms and from ore mines.

The deal would "reduce harmful emissions from industry and improve public access to information", the European Council, representing member states, said in a statement.

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