China Pollution
Donkey cart coal seller in the city street. 75% of China's growing energy needs, including domestic heating and cooking, is supplied by coal, the cheapest and dirtiest form of energy. China is the world's largest producer of coal. Seven of the world's ten most polluted cities are in China, largely due to coal use and the country's dilapidated heavy industries..Dàtóng, Shanxi Province, China. 12/11/2005.Photo © J.B. Russell
