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Hazardous air: What goes into your lungs on a bad day in Beijing

Blog entry by Lauri Myllyvirta | April 23, 2013 1 comment

You have seen air pollution before, but not in this way. Beijing’s hazardous air is changing the energy outlook of the country, and sending a warning to other countries on the human cost of heavy reliance on coal. Beijing’s...

Death from the stack

Blog entry by Lauri Myllyvirta | April 5, 2013

The coal industry has a dirty secret: it is killing people. This week Greenpeace Germany released a report, " Death from the stack ", revealing that the country's coal-fired power plants caused an estimated 3,100 deaths in 2010 -...

China’s wind power production increased more than coal power did for first time ever

Blog entry by Li Shuo | March 21, 2013

Originally posted by  Think Progress  Amid all the news about coal and pollution problems in China you might have missed this one: According to  new statistics  from the China Electricity Council, China’s wind power production...

Students in Guangdong Province, China

Image | June 8, 2010 at 14:25

08 June 2010 - Shantou, China. Students on bicycles on their way to school try to block out the fumes from trash incineration with their hands in Gurao, Shantou. In Gurao, where the economy is centered around textile production, Greenpeace has...

Polluted Oranges in China

Image | May 25, 2010 at 14:43

25 May 2010 - Liuyang City, China. A local villager holds several polluted oranges. All the fruits, vegetables, crops and water in the area are inedible. Xianghe Chemical Plant was built in 2004 near Shuangqiao Village of Liuyang City. The air...

Airship over Portland Generating Station

Image | August 15, 2011 at 12:43

The Greenpeace airship A.E. Bates flies over the Portland Generating Station in Portland. The airship bears a message reading “If You Can Read This, You Are Breathing Coal Pollution.” The Portland Generating Station is the fifth highest emitter...

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