Mae Moh Hospital Patient in Thailand

Jan Kreuaseub, a local of Mae Moh, gets treatment in the local hospital after being admitted with breathing difficulties associated with the pollution caused by the power plant.
Mae Moh coal power plant is the largest power plant with a capacity of 2,625 megawatts (MW) owned by Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) in Mae Moh district,in Lampang province, North of Thailand.

Unique identifier: GP0STO5M2

Type: Image

Shoot date: 23/11/2013

Locations: Lampang (Province), Mae Moh, Southeast Asia, Thailand

Credit line: © Luke Duggleby / Greenpeace

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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