Permalink: https://www.media.greenpeace.org/archive/Sampling-Wastewater-in-Inner-Mongolia-27MZIFVBP5W4.htmlConceptually similarShenuha's Landfill and Wastewater in Inner MongoliaGP04OXICompleted★★★★Shenuha's Wastewater in Inner MongoliaGP04OXKCompleted★★★★★★Shenuha's Wastewater in Inner MongoliaGP04OXJCompleted★★★★Shenuha's Wastewater in Inner MongoliaGP04OXQCompleted★★★★Shenuha's Wastewater in Inner MongoliaGP04OXPCompleted★★★★★★Polluted Stream in Inner MongoliaGP04OXSCompleted★★★★Dead Trees in Inner MongoliaGP04OXTCompleted★★★★Polluted Stream in Inner MongoliaGP04OXUCompleted★★★★Dead Trees in Inner MongoliaGP04OXVCompleted★★★★View AllGP04OWKSampling Wastewater in Inner MongoliaA Greenpeace investigator takes samples of waste water discharged by the Shenhua Coal-to-Liquid Project into a sand bank where it is left to seep into the ground and evaporate.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:26 Apr, 2013Credit:© Qiu Bo / GreenpeaceMaximum size:4699px X 3132pxKeywords:Chemical industry-Chemicals-Climate (campaign title)-Coal-Day-Dumping-Factories-Fields-Fuel-Gloves-Greenpeace activists-High angle view-Illegal-Industrial landscapes-KWCI (GPI)-Land pollution-Masks (protective)-One person-Outdoors-Pollution-Protective clothing-Reflections-Sampling (activity)-Shenhua Group-Toxic waste-Toxics (campaign title)-Waste disposal-Water-Water pollutionShoot: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)
