J.B. Russell
Reportage: China Coal Boom: China Coal Pollution
China Coal Pollution, November 2005
Housing for coal miners cover the hills surrounding the coal mining region known as the "sea of coal" near Dàtóng. Mining is the country's most dangerous profession. Officially, more than 6000 miners, and as many as 20,000 by some estimates, are killed every year in accidents. China's insatiable demand for energy puts production before safety.
Dàtóng, Shanxi Province, China.
Photo © J.B. Russell
Housing for coal miners cover the hills surrounding the coal mining region known as the "sea of coal" near Dàtóng. Mining is the country's most dangerous profession. Officially, more than 6000 miners, and as many as 20,000 by some estimates, are killed every year in accidents. China's insatiable demand for energy puts production before safety.
Dàtóng, Shanxi Province, China.
Photo © J.B. Russell
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