Coal Ash Disposal Site in China

Solidified coal ash at a wet ash pond belonging to the Yuanbaoshan Power Plant, Inner Mongolia.

Unique identifier: GP026JT

Type: Image

Shoot date: 12/08/2010

Locations: Asia, China, Inner Mongolia

Credit line: © Zhao Gang / Greenpeace

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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Coal Ash Disposal Documentation in China

The 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.

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