An environmental tribunal in Kenya ruled that the country’s first ever coal plant has to be put on hold. Local residents and environmentalists oppose the plant because of health concerns and the possibility that it could threaten the area’s ecosystem. Host Marco Werman gets the details from the BBC’s Victor Kenani in Nairobi.
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