Community Leader in Thailand

Mr. Prasert Tasueb, a community leader who sued EGAT (Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand ) for being responsible for water poisoning in the area, sits in a reservoir, a waste water dumping ground which comes from Mae Moh coal power plant.

Unique identifier: GP0STO5PQ

Type: Image

Shoot date: 23/11/2013

Locations: Lampang (Province), Mae Moh, Southeast Asia, Thailand

Credit line: © Luke Duggleby / Greenpeace

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

Containers

Shoot:

True Cost of Coal in Thailand

A selection of images showing the damaging effects of the coal industry on the local population and environment in Thailand.

The shoot includes images of Krabi, a world class tourist destination, not only well-known for its beauty and marine biodiversity, now under threat from coal development.

A report from Greenpeace called “The True Cost of Coal” documents how people and the planet are paying the real price for coal.

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