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According to the study ''Dirty Thirty'', issued in May 2007 by the World Wide Fund for Nature, Prunéřov Power Station is the twelfth-worst power station in Europe in terms of the relation of energy efficiency to carbon dioxide emissions.<ref>[http://assets.panda.org/downloads/european_dirty_thirty_may_2007.pdf The ''Dirty Thirty'' report]</ref> The power station is the largest single source of CO2 in Czech Republic. In 2008 it emitted 9,210 millions of metric tons of CO2.<ref>[http://www.irz.cz/vyhledavani-v-registru/historie/CZ34736841/2008 Integrovaný registr znečišťování]</ref>

In 2010 [[CEZ]] announced plan to retrofit and expand Prunerov II. The plan was challenged by Micronesia on the grounds that the expansion of the power station has impact to the climate and through this to the environment of Micronesia. Micronesia requested a Transboundary Environmental Impact Assessment.<ref>[http://www.upi.com/Science_News/Resource-Wars/2010/01/19/Micronesia-challenges-Czech-coal-plant/UPI-82581263927614/ Micronesia challenges Czech coal plant] UPI, Jan 19, 2010</ref> According to the Czech environment ministry that modernization plan does not include best available technology.<ref>[http://portal.gov.cz/wps/portal/_s.155/7226/_s.155/10202?docid=120244 Navrhovaná technologie pro modernizaci Prunéřova II není dostatečná]</ref>

Shortly after Minister Dusík resigned, while claiming he was under pressure from prime minister Jan Fischer (politician) to approve the CEZ's Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the power station.<ref name=pp>[http://archive.today/uXKgf Compromised minister set to approve coal plant expansion] The Prague Post, Apr 28, 2010</ref> As a result the Green party also withdrew his second minister from government. After short led by Minister of Agriculture Jakub Šebesta former CEZ employee Rút Bízková was appointed as Minister of the Environment and after two weeks in office he approved the CEZ's EIA in April 2010.<ref name=pp/>

==Project Details of expansion==