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Chinese illegal coal mines threaten Yellow River water supply

2014-08-08 07:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Blue and Green: An investigation by Greenpeace has found two Chinese coal mines are breaching environmental protection laws and nature reserve regulations. The organisation says the mining operations are destroying alpine meadows on the foothills of Chinas Qinghai mountains and are a potential threat to the countrys second longest waterway. In a report released on Thursday by Greenpeace East Asia, undercover campaigners found coalfields 14 times larger than London in the Qinghai-Tibet plateau. The mines are...

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