Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Water-Well-in-Inner-Mongolia-27MZIFVBAUJX.htmlConceptually similarFarmer in Inner MongoliaGP04OWNCompleted★★★★Farmer in Inner MongoliaGP04OWMCompleted★★★★An Abandoned Hand Pump in Inner MongoliaGP04OXCCompleted★★★★Dried Out Lake in Inner MongoliaGP04OWQCompleted★★★★Sheep Herder in Inner MongoliaGP04OWOCompleted★★★★Dried Out Water Well in Inner MongoliaGP04OWYCompleted★★★★Dead Plant in Inner MongoliaGP04OX0Completed★★★★Shenhua’s Water Extraction Facility in Inner MongoliaGP04OY7Completed★★★★Dried Out Corn Shoots in Inner MongoliaGP04OXECompleted★★★★View AllGP04OXYWater Well in Inner MongoliaLin Bo, a local herder, attempts to drink from his dry electric water well.For ten years, the Chinese state-run organisation Shenhua Group, has been exploiting water resources at a shocking scale from the Ordos grasslands to use in its coal-to-liquid project (a process for producing liquid fuel from coal) and illegally dumping toxic industrial waste water. Shenhua's operations have sparked social unrest and caused severe ecological damage including desertification, impacting farmers and herders who are facing reduced water supplies in what was once an abundant farming area.Locations:Asia-China-Inner Mongolia-OrdosDate:28 Apr, 2013Credit:© Yin Kuang / GreenpeaceMaximum size:1583px X 2391pxKeywords:Climate (campaign title)-Coal-Day-Desertification-Drinking water-Drought-Dry-East Asian ethnicities-Fuel-Herders-KWCI (GPI)-Men-One person-Outdoors-Pumps-Shenhua Group-Toxics (campaign title)-Victims-Villages-Water-Water supply structuresShoot:Shenhua Coal-to-Liquid Impacts in Inner MongoliaA collection of images showing a devastated land and the effects of water shortage on people in the Ordos grasslands in Inner Mongolia. For ten years, the Chinese state-run organisation Shenhua Group, the world's biggest coal producer by volume, has sucked this land dry, exploiting water resources at a shocking scale from these beautiful grasslands to use in its coal-to-liquid project (also known as coal liquefaction, a process for producing liquid fuels from coal) and illegally dumping toxic industrial waste water. Shenhua's operations have sparked social unrest and caused severe ecological damage including desertification, impacting farmers and herders who are facing reduced water supplies in what was once an abundant farming area.Related Collections:Shenhua Coal-to-Liquid Impacts in Inner Mongolia (Photo + Video)
