Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Fisherman-in-Polluted-Yellow-River-in-China-27MZIF3V5V5V.htmlConceptually similarCoal-chemical Plant at the Source of the Yellow RiverGP0STOI5VCompleted★★★★Yellow River Highway Bridge in ChinaGP0STORJSCompleted★★★★Fishermen on Yangtze RiverGP020BZCompleted★★★★★★Industrial Waste Water Storage Tank in ChinaGP0STORJTCompleted★★★★Industrial Waste Water Discharge in the Yellow River in ChinaGP0STOTP8Completed★★★★★★Coal-chemical Plant at the Source of the Yellow RiverGP0STOI5JCompleted★★★★★★Yellow River Polluted Banks in ChinaGP0STORK8Completed★★★★Industrial Chemical Waste Water in the Yellow River in ChinaGP0STORJXCompleted★★★★Fishermen in Jiangsu ProvinceGP025TQCompleted★★★★★★View AllGP0STORK2Fisherman in Polluted Yellow River in ChinaThe Yellow River is heavily polluted by coal and chemical factories. A single net like this will catch very few fish in this stretch of river.Locations:Asia-China-Yellow RiverDate:29 Mar, 2014Credit:© Lu Guang / GreenpeaceMaximum size:5580px X 3722pxKeywords:Chemical plants-Chemicals-Climate (campaign title)-Coal-Coal mining-Copy space-Day-Fishers-Fishing (activity)-Fishing nets-High angle view-KWCI (GPI)-One person-Outdoors-River pollution-Rivers-Silhouettes-Small-scale fishing-Toxic waste-Toxics (campaign title)-Water pollutionShoot:Coal Projects Threaten the Yellow River in ChinaDocumentation of damage to the Yellow River, caused by the rampant expansion of coal industrial projects. The Yellow River is one of the longest and most important, fragile and iconic waterways in China. Greenpeace investigations have revealed an open-pit coal mine undermining the embankment of the Yellow River in Wuhai City, Inner Mongolia China. Massive cluster of coal processing plants are operated at dozens of industrial parks spanning hundreds of miles along the Yellow River. All these projects are highly energy, water and carbon intensive, and discharge huge amounts of waste water and flue gas.Greenpeace calls for an immediate halt of operations at this and other coal industrial projects that threaten the Yellow River, and urges the Chinese authorities to speed up the upgrade to a more reasonable energy mix with more ambitious boosts to the renewable energy sector.
