Pollution USA284

05-03-2019 - Dearborn, Michigan USA: Red, white and blue chimneys, Dearborn Industrial Generation plant. Burning natural gas and waste blast furnace gas to produce electricity for the River Rouge complex and the m... © Jim West

05-03-2019 - Dearborn, Michigan USA: Red, white and blue chimneys, Dearborn Industrial Generation plant. Burning natural gas and waste blast furnace gas to produce electricity for the River Rouge complex and the m... © Jim West

05-03-2019 - Dearborn, Michigan USA: Red, white and blue chimneys, Dearborn Industrial Generation plant. Burning natural gas and waste blast furnace gas to produce electricity for the River Rouge complex and the m... © Jim West

05-03-2019 - Dearborn, Michigan USA: Red, white and blue chimneys, Dearborn Industrial Generation plant. Burning natural gas and waste blast furnace gas to produce electricity for the River Rouge complex and the m... © Jim West

22-06-2012 - Wilmington, California, USA: BP oil refinery displaying a huge American flag © Jim West

22-06-2012 - Wilmington, California, USA: BP oil refinery displaying a huge American flag © Jim West

22-06-2012 - Wilmington, California, USA: BP oil refinery displaying a huge American flag © Jim West

05-03-2019 - Detroit, Michigan, USA: The Marathon Petroleum Refinery © Jim West

05-03-2019 - Detroit, Michigan, USA: The Marathon Petroleum Refinery © Jim West

05-03-2019 - Detroit, Michigan, USA: The Marathon Petroleum Refinery © Jim West

05-03-2019 - Detroit, Michigan, USA: The Marathon Petroleum Refinery © Jim West

05-03-2019 - Dearborn, Michigan, USA: CSX locomotive railyard, River Rouge industrial complex © Jim West

05-03-2019 - Detroit, Michigan, USA: The Marathon Petroleum Refinery © Jim West

01-02-2019 - Marine City, Michigan, USA: DTE Energy Belle River coal fired and natural gas fired power station © Jim West

01-02-2019 - Marine City, Michigan, USA: DTE Energy Belle River coal fired and natural gas fired power station © Jim West

01-02-2019 - Marine City, Michigan, USA: DTE Energy Belle River coal fired and natural gas fired power station © Jim West

01-02-2019 - Marine City, Michigan, USA: Coal and oil fired power stations and chemical plants line the ice filled St. Clair River © Jim West

01-02-2019 - Marine City, Michigan, USA: DTE Energy coal and oil fired St. Clair power station on the U.S. side of the ice filled St. Clair River. Canvasback ducks swim in open water near shore © Jim West

01-02-2019 - Marine City, Michigan, USA: DTE Energy coal and oil fired St. Clair power station on the U.S. side of the ice filled St. Clair River. Canvasback ducks swim in open water near shore © Jim West

01-02-2019 - Marine City, Michigan, USA: DTE Energy coal and oil fired power stations line the US side (L) of the ice filled St. Clair River © Jim West

18-12-2018 - Detroit, Michigan, USA Plastic bottles and cans illegally dumped in a woods. Many are juice or water containers, which are not covered under Michigan law requiring a 10 cent deposit © Jim West

18-12-2018 - Detroit, Michigan, USA Plastic bottles and cans illegally dumped in a woods. Many are juice or water containers, which are not covered under Michigan law requiring a 10 cent deposit © Jim West

18-12-2018 - Detroit, Michigan, USA Plastic bottles and cans illegally dumped in a woods. Many are juice or water containers, which are not covered under Michigan law requiring a 10 cent deposit © Jim West

18-12-2018 - Detroit, Michigan, USA Plastic bottles and cans illegally dumped in a woods. Many are juice or water containers, which are not covered under Michigan law requiring a 10 cent deposit © Jim West

10-12-2018 - Detroit, Michigan USA Activists protest against radioactive fracking waste, US Ecology hazardous waste disposal plant. They were protesting bills in the Michigan state legislative session that would i... © Jim West

15-10-2018 - Detroit, Michigan, USA Mural on a building infront of US Ecology hazardous waste plant showing chemicals being dumped into the ground. The plants are all located in poor, mostly African-American areas... © Jim West

15-10-2018 - Detroit, Michigan, USA US Ecology hazardous waste plant. The plants are all located in poor, mostly African-American areas. The company handles a wide variety of toxic materials and discharges much of... © Jim West

03-10-2018 - Michigan USA: Sign warning anglers Do not Eat The Fish, Huron River, Central Park, Milford. High levels of carcinogenic PFAS chemicals have been found in the water. PFAS are widely used many products.... © Jim West

03-10-2018 - Michigan USA: Sign warning anglers Do not Eat The Fish, Huron River, Island Lake State Recreation Area. High levels of carcinogenic PFAS chemicals have been found in the water. PFAS have been widely u... © Jim West

03-10-2018 - Michigan USA: Sign warning anglers Do not Eat The Fish, Huron River, Island Lake State Recreation Area. High levels of carcinogenic PFAS chemicals have been found in the water. PFAS have been widely u... © Jim West

01-08-2018 - Parchment, Michigan USA, State of emergency declared after high levels of PFAS chemicals found in drinking water. Fire engine pumping water from a Kalamazoo fire hydrant down the street to connect wit... © Jim West

31-07-2018 - Parchment, Michigan USA, State of emergency declared after high levels of PFAS chemicals found in drinking water. Residents examining a map showing the extent of PFAS contamination of their drinking w... © Jim West

31-07-2018 - Parchment, Michigan USA, State of emergency declared after high levels of PFAS chemicals found in drinking water. Residents examining a map showing the extent of PFAS contamination of their drinking w... © Jim West

31-07-2018 - Parchment, Michigan USA, State of emergency declared after high levels of PFAS chemicals found in drinking water. Residents examining a map showing the extent of PFAS contamination of their drinking w... © Jim West

31-07-2018 - Parchment, Michigan USA, State of emergency declared after high levels of PFAS chemicals found in drinking water. Volunteers from the Red Cross distributing bottled water to residents as a State of em... © Jim West

31-07-2018 - Parchment, Michigan USA, State of emergency declared after high levels of PFAS chemicals found in drinking water. Volunteers from the Red Cross and local High School distributing bottled water to resi... © Jim West

31-07-2018 - Parchment, Michigan USA, State of emergency declared after high levels of PFAS chemicals found in drinking water. Volunteers from the Red Cross and local High School distributing bottled water to resi... © Jim West

30-07-2018 - Detroit, Michigan, USA Sign warning about asbestos exposure outside an abandoned house being prepared for demolition © Jim West

30-07-2018 - Detroit, Michigan, USA workers demolishing an abandoned house wearing protective clothing against asbestos exposure. They are spraying water onto the building to keep asbestos from becoming airborne © Jim West

30-07-2018 - Detroit, Michigan, USA Sign warning about asbestos exposure. Workers demolishing an abandoned house wearing protective clothing against asbestos exposure. They are spraying water onto the building to... © Jim West

30-07-2018 - Detroit, Michigan, USA workers demolishing an abandoned house wearing protective clothing against asbestos exposure. They are spraying water onto the building to keep asbestos from becoming airborne © Jim West

09-06-2018 - Detroit, Michigan, USA: A sign warning of a lead hazard outside a house. Children are particularly vulnerable to lead poisoning. The number of children with elevated blood levels (EBLLs) in Detroit ha... © Jim West

01-01-2018 - Point Reyes National Seashore Park California USA Ships engine block covered in barnacles on the beach © David Bacon

01-01-2018 - Point Reyes National Seashore Park California USA Ships engine block covered in barnacles on the beach © David Bacon

28-12-2017 - Mancos, Colorado USA Closed Sinclair petrol station and store with leaking underground gasoline storage tanks. The property is near the Mesa Verde National Park © Jim West

14-11-2017 - Tilden, Texas, USA Sign offering water for sale from Rancho Tres Hijos for fracking in oilfield operations in the surrounding Eagle Ford Shale. Rancho Tres Hijos is a cattle and hunting ranch © Jim West

02-11-2017 - Houston, Texas USA The LyondellBasell Houston refinery. The refinery processes high sulfur crude oil © Jim West

02-11-2017 - Houston, Texas USA Valero oil refinery © Jim West

02-11-2017 - Houston, Texas USA Valero oil refinery © Jim West

06-10-2017 - Grand Rapids, Michigan USA ArtPrize competition Flint by Ti-Rock Moore about the Flint water crisis and racism, featuring dirty brown water flowing from a water fountain with a sign Colored © Jim West

29-08-2017 - Denver, Colorado, USA Used tires piled up at Colorado Tire Recycling Centre © Jim West

29-08-2017 - Denver, Colorado, USA Used tires piled up at Colorado Tire Recycling Centre © Jim West

18-08-2017 - Coachella Valley, California, USA Dead fish on the edge of the Salton Sea, Salton City. The salt water leaves a dry crust on the soil as the sea dries up with receeding waters. On the hardpan are dead... © David Bacon

18-08-2017 - Coachella Valley, California, USA Dead fish on the edge of the Salton Sea, Salton City. The salt water leaves a dry crust on the soil as the sea dries up with receeding waters. On the hardpan are dead... © David Bacon

18-08-2017 - Coachella Valley, California, USA Dead fish on the edge of the Salton Sea, Salton City. The salt water leaves a dry crust on the soil as the sea dries up with receeding waters. On the hardpan are dead... © David Bacon

18-08-2017 - Coachella Valley, California, USA Dead fish on the edge of the Salton Sea, Salton City. The salt water leaves a dry crust on the soil as the sea dries up with receeding waters. On the hardpan are dead... © David Bacon

17-08-2017 - Imperial Valley, California, USA A beekeeper, working with hives south of the Salton Sea. Bees are under stress because of increased salt dust from the receeding waters of the lake © David Bacon

17-08-2017 - Imperial Valley, California, USA A beekeeper, working with hives south of the Salton Sea. Bees are under stress because of increased salt dust from the receeding waters of the lake © David Bacon

17-08-2017 - Imperial Valley, California, USA A beekeeper, working with hives south of the Salton Sea. Bees are under stress because of increased salt dust from the receeding waters of the lake © David Bacon

17-08-2017 - Imperial Valley, California, USA A beekeeper, working with hives south of the Salton Sea. Bees are under stress because of increased salt dust from the receeding waters of the lake © David Bacon

17-08-2017 - Imperial Valley, California, USA Staff from the Comite Civico del Valle hoisting a flag to warn pupils and the local community of daily poor air quality, Brawley High School. The School Flag Air Quali... © David Bacon

16-08-2017 - Coachella Valley, California, USA, Constructing wetlands to remediate and suppress the rising dust from the receding shoreline of the Salton Sea. The project is on the reservation of the Torrez Martin... © David Bacon

16-08-2017 - Coachella Valley, California, USA Worker applying a herbicide to weeds in a field of bell peppers on the edge of the Salton Sea. This method of applying the herbicide avoids using a spray that can dam... © David Bacon

16-08-2017 - Coachella Valley, California, USA Worker applying a herbicide to weeds in a field of bell peppers on the edge of the Salton Sea. This method of applying the herbicide avoids using a spray that can dam... © David Bacon

16-08-2017 - Coachella Valley, California, USA Worker applying a herbicide to weeds in a field of bell peppers on the edge of the Salton Sea. This method of applying the herbicide avoids using a spray that can dam... © David Bacon

15-08-2017 - Coachella Valley, California, USA Maria Pozar, her daughter Jacqueline and baby Leslie, North Shore, near the receeding waters of the Salton Sea. Jacqueline suffers nose bleeds when the dust blows fro... © David Bacon

15-08-2017 - Coachella Valley, California, USA Irrigation ditch carrying runoff from nearby fields and date orchard into the Salton Sea © David Bacon

15-08-2017 - Coachella Valley, California, USA Irrigation ditch carrying runoff from nearby fields and date orchard into the Salton Sea © David Bacon

15-08-2017 - Coachella Valley, California, USA Edge of the Salton Sea, Salton City. The salt water leaves a dry crust on the soil as the sea dries up and recedes. As the sea is recedes, branches with nests of migr... © David Bacon

05-06-2017 - Shelocta, Pennsylvania, USA Coal fired Keystone Power Station. It can generate 1,711 MW of electricity © Jim West

05-06-2017 - Shelocta, Pennsylvania, USA Coal fired Keystone Power Station. It can generate 1,711 MW of electricity © Jim West

01-01-2017 - Denver, Colorado, USA: Cherokee Generating Station, Xcel Energy. Originally a coal fired power station, it is being converted to use natural gas © Jim West

01-01-2017 - Denver, Colorado, USA: Cherokee Generating Station, Xcel Energy. Originally a coal fired power station, it is being converted to use natural gas © Jim West

10-11-2016 - Oakland, California. Rally against Wells Fargo Bank who have financed the Dakota Access Pipe Line by unions and activists opposing construction and in solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux water pro... © David Bacon

10-11-2016 - Oakland, California. Rally against Wells Fargo Bank who have financed the Dakota Access Pipe Line by unions and activists opposing construction and in solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux water pro... © David Bacon

10-11-2016 - Oakland, California. Rally against Wells Fargo Bank who have financed the Dakota Access Pipe Line by unions and activists opposing construction and in solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux water pro... © David Bacon

10-11-2016 - Oakland, California. Protest inside a branch of CItibank who have financed the Dakota Access Pipe Line by activists opposing construction and in solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux water protector... © David Bacon

10-11-2016 - Oakland, California. Protest inside a branch of CItibank who have financed the Dakota Access Pipe Line by activists opposing construction and in solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux water protector... © David Bacon

10-11-2016 - Oakland, California. Protest inside a branch of CItibank who have financed the Dakota Access Pipe Line by activists opposing construction and in solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux water protector... © David Bacon

10-11-2016 - Oakland, California. Rally against Wells Fargo Bank who have financed the Dakota Access Pipe Line by unions and activists opposing construction and in solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux water pro... © David Bacon

10-11-2016 - Oakland, California. Rally against Wells Fargo Bank who have financed the Dakota Access Pipe Line by unions and activists opposing construction and in solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux water pro... © David Bacon

03-11-2016 - Flint, Michigan USA Replacing lead and galvanized steel water pipes to 800 homes. The water supply became contaminated with lead after state officials decided in 2014 to take drinking water from the F... © Jim West

03-11-2016 - Flint, Michigan USA Replacing lead and galvanized steel water pipes to 800 homes. The water supply became contaminated with lead after state officials decided in 2014 to take drinking water from the F... © Jim West

03-11-2016 - Flint, Michigan USA Replacing lead and galvanized steel water pipes to 800 homes. The water supply became contaminated with lead after state officials decided in 2014 to take drinking water from the F... © Jim West

03-11-2016 - Flint, Michigan USA Replacing lead and galvanized steel water pipes to 800 homes. The water supply became contaminated with lead after state officials decided in 2014 to take drinking water from the F... © Jim West

03-11-2016 - Flint, Michigan USA Replacing lead and galvanized steel water pipes to 800 homes. The water supply became contaminated with lead after state officials decided in 2014 to take drinking water from the F... © Jim West

03-11-2016 - Flint, Michigan USA Replacing lead and galvanized steel water pipes to 800 homes. The water supply became contaminated with lead after state officials decided in 2014 to take drinking water from the F... © Jim West

03-11-2016 - Flint, Michigan USA Replacing lead and galvanized steel water pipes to 800 homes. The water supply became contaminated with lead after state officials decided in 2014 to take drinking water from the F... © Jim West

03-11-2016 - Flint, Michigan USA Replacing lead and galvanized steel water pipes to 800 homes. The water supply became contaminated with lead after state officials decided in 2014 to take drinking water from the F... © Jim West

03-11-2016 - Flint, Michigan USA Replacing lead and galvanized steel water pipes to 800 homes. The water supply became contaminated with lead after state officials decided in 2014 to take drinking water from the F... © Jim West

03-11-2016 - Flint, Michigan USA Replacing lead and galvanized steel water pipes to 800 homes. The water supply became contaminated with lead after state officials decided in 2014 to take drinking water from the F... © Jim West

11-10-2016 - Thoreau, New Mexico, clean water being delivered by St. Bonaventure Indian Mission for a Navajo family. A third of the Navajo Nation lack a water supply in some places because past uranium mining has... © Jim West

11-10-2016 - Thoreau, New Mexico, clean water being delivered by St. Bonaventure Indian Mission for a Navajo family. A third of the Navajo Nation lack a water supply in some places because past uranium mining has... © Jim West

11-10-2016 - Thoreau, New Mexico, clean water being delivered by St. Bonaventure Indian Mission for a Navajo family. A third of the Navajo Nation lack a water supply in some places because past uranium mining has... © Jim West

11-10-2016 - Thoreau, New Mexico, clean water being delivered by St. Bonaventure Indian Mission for a Navajo family. A third of the Navajo Nation lack a water supply in some places because past uranium mining has... © Jim West

11-10-2016 - Thoreau, New Mexico, clean water being delivered by St. Bonaventure Indian Mission for a Navajo family. A third of the Navajo Nation lack a water supply in some places because past uranium mining has... © Jim West

11-10-2016 - Thoreau, New Mexico, clean water being delivered by St. Bonaventure Indian Mission for a Navajo family. A third of the Navajo Nation lack a water supply in some places because past uranium mining has... © Jim West

11-10-2016 - Thoreau, New Mexico, clean water being delivered by St. Bonaventure Indian Mission for a Navajo family. A third of the Navajo Nation lack a water supply in some places because past uranium mining has... © Jim West

11-10-2016 - Thoreau, New Mexico, clean water being delivered by St. Bonaventure Indian Mission for a Navajo family. A third of the Navajo Nation lack a water supply in some places because past uranium mining has... © Jim West

11-10-2016 - Thoreau, New Mexico, clean water being delivered by St. Bonaventure Indian Mission for a Navajo family. A third of the Navajo Nation lack a water supply in some places because past uranium mining has... © Jim West