{
  "id": 9737209,
  "title": "Coal-powered economic growth linked to rising urban air pollution and deaths in India",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/coal-powered-economic-growth-linked-to-rising-urban-air-pollution-and",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-25T09:00:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-coal-powered-economic-growth-linked.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Research led by the University of Oxford has found that rapid economic growth brought major gains in access to electricity and cleaner cooking in India, but growing reliance on coal-fired power has contributed to worsening outdoor air pollution and a sharp rise in urban air pollution-related deaths. The study is published in Nature Cities.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}