Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Coal-Ash-Disposal-Site-in-China-27MZIFI572WK.htmlConceptually similarCoal Ash Disposal Site in ChinaGP026I5Completed★★★★Coal Ash Disposal Site in ChinaGP026I9Completed★★★★Coal Ash Dam in ChinaGP026IACompleted★★★★Coal Ash on Farmland in ChinaGP026I6Completed★★★★Coal Ash on Farmland in ChinaGP026I7Completed★★★★Coal Ash Disposal Site n ChinaGP026JFCompleted★★★★Coal Ash Disposal Site in ChinaGP026IHCompleted★★★★Coal Ash Disposal Site n ChinaGP026JDCompleted★★★★Coal Ash Disposal Site n ChinaGP026JECompleted★★★★View AllGP026I4Coal Ash Disposal Site in ChinaA truck offload coal ash at the coal ash disposal site of Shentou Number 2 Power Plant in Shanxi province, despite the fact that the northwest corner of the coal ash dam recently suffered a breakage, mostly fixed now. The dam failure occurred at 1:40am in the early morning of August 16. The breakage was about 100m wide at the top and 50m wide at the bottom. Ash slurry flowed out of the breakage, covering a circular area of about 500m. Most of the affected land had already been alkalised and could not be planted due to previous seepage from the dam. Villagers said that over 40 hectares of land was flooded.Locations:Asia-China-ShanxiDate:5 Sep, 2010Credit:© Zhao Gang / GreenpeaceMaximum size:2800px X 1867pxKeywords:Climate (campaign title)-Coal-Day-Diggers-KWCI (GPI)-Land pollution-Outdoors-Toxics (campaign title)-Trucks-Waste disposal-Water pollutionShoot:Coal Ash Disposal Documentation in ChinaThe threats of coal combustion waste have been vastly underestimated in China due to regulatory loopholes that allow power companies to freely dump toxic coal ash in the environment, according to Greenpeace’s latest report, the True Cost of Coal – An Investigation into Coal Ash in China. Related Collections:Report 'True Cost of Coal: China Coal Ash'Coal Ash Disposal Documentation in China (Photo & Video)
