{"id":4185,"date":"2010-09-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www-prod.greenpeace.org\/usa\/campaign-updates\/4185\/dow-inspection-report\/"},"modified":"2024-12-09T14:36:33","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T14:36:33","slug":"dow-inspection-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/usa\/dow-inspection-report\/","title":{"rendered":"The True Cost of Coal \u2013 An Investigation into Coal Ash in China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class='p4descriptive_paragraph'>The True Cost of Coal \u2013 An Investigation into Coal Ash in China, focuses on a long-ignored type of coal pollution. An inevitable byproduct of coal power generation, coal ash is also China\u2019s largest single source of industrial solid waste.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Greenpeace report: The True Cost of Coal - An Investigation into Coal Ash in China\" href=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-usa-stateless\/2024\/12\/2f53ada7-coal-ash2010-eng-rpt.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0pt none;margin: 5px;float: right\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-usa-stateless\/2024\/11\/f44a5e45-china-coal-ash-report-cover.jpg\" alt=\"Greenpeace report: China coal ash cover\" width=\"300\" height=\"407\" \/><\/a>In 2009 alone, China generated at least 375 million tons of coal ash \u2013 more than twice the amount of urban domestic waste produced in the same time period. Coal ash is also toxic, containing large quantities of pollutants such as heavy metals and radioactive substances, which pose a huge threat to both the environment and public health.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Greenpeace report: The True Cost of Coal - An Investigation into Coal Ash in China\" href=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-usa-stateless\/2024\/12\/2f53ada7-coal-ash2010-eng-rpt.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download PDF<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2009 alone, China generated at least 375 million tons of coal ash \u2013 more than twice the amount of urban domestic waste produced in the same time period. 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