Ashley Cooper / Tailings pond at the Syncrude mine north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. Tailings ponds in the tar sands are unlined and leach toxic chemicals into the surrounding environment. August 2012
01596426
Ashley Cooper / Sulphur which has to be extracted from the raw bitumen from tar sands piled up in huge mountains by the Syncrude upgrader plant near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. August 2012
01596425
Ashley Cooper / Sulpher which has to be extracted from the raw bitumen from tar sands piled up in huge mountains by the Syncrude upgrader plant near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. August 2012
01596424
Ashley Cooper / Tailings pond at the Syncrude mine north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. Tailings ponds in the tar sands are unlined and leach toxic chemicals into the surrounding environment. August 2012
01596423
Ashley Cooper / A SAG D (Steam assisted Gravity Drainage) tar sands plant north of Fort McMurray. The SAG D is used to extract the bitumen from the tar sands when they are too deep to be strip mined. August 2012
01596422
Ashley Cooper / A SAG D (Steam assisted Gravity Drainage) tar sands plant north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. August 2012
01596421
Ashley Cooper / A SAG D (Steam assisted Gravity Drainage) tar sands plant north of Fort McMurray. The SAG D is used to extract the bitumen from the tar sands when they are too deep to be strip mined. August 2012
01596420
Ashley Cooper / A SAG D (Steam assisted Gravity Drainage) tar sands plant north of Fort McMurray. The SAG D is used to extract the bitumen from the tar sands when they are too deep to be strip mined. August 2012
01596419
Ashley Cooper / Tailings pond at the Syncrude mine north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. Tailings ponds in the tar sands are unlined and leach toxic chemicals into the surrounding environment. August 2012
01596418
Ashley Cooper / Boreal forest trees clear felled to make way for a new tar sands mine north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. The tar sands are responsible for the second fastest rate of deforestation on the planet....
01596417
Ashley Cooper / Air pollution from the Syncrude Tar sands upgrader plant, north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. August 2012
01596416
Ashley Cooper / First Nation Canadians protest against the destruction and pollution of the Tar Sands industry at the 4th annual Healing Walk north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. August 2012
01596415
Ashley Cooper / First Nation Canadians protest against the destruction and pollution of the Tar Sands industry at the 4th annual Healing Walk north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. August 2012
01596408
Ashley Cooper / Aeroplane coming into land at Heathrow Airport, England, UK. August 2007
01592228
Ashley Cooper / Rubbish left by the gold mining industry on the tundra, Nome, Alaska, USA, September 2004.
01592105
Ashley Cooper / Sign saying recycled water in use at the Bluescope steel works in Port Kembla, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. February 2010.
01592044
Ashley Cooper / The new biofuel power plant at the Iggesund paper board manufacturer in Workington, Cumbria, UK with wind turbines behind. When commissioned the power station will fuel the plant as well as feeding po...
01592012
Ashley Cooper / Coal fired cement factory billows smoke in Inner Mongolia, China. March 2009.
01591958
Ashley Cooper / Lorries hauling coal to a coal fired power plant, Dongsheng, Inner Mongolia, China. March 2009. In 2008 China officially became the worlds largest emitter of greenhouse gases.
01591945
Ashley Cooper / Low grade coal from an open cast coal mine near Heihe, Northern China, March 2009.
01591943
Ashley Cooper / Electricity pylons across Inner Mongolia, Northern China, March 2009.
01592007
Ashley Cooper / Electricity pylons, in China. In 2008 China officially became the worlds largest emitter of greenhouse gases, Northern china. March 2009.
01592006
Ashley Cooper / Electricity pylons, in China. In 2008 China officially became the worlds largest emitter of greenhouse gases, Northern china. March 2009.
01592003
Ashley Cooper / Trucks hauling low grade coal from an open cast coal mine near Heihe, Heilongjiang province, China, March 2009. In 2008 china became the worlds largest emitter of greenhouse gases.
01592002
Ashley Cooper / Chinese man collects coal that has fallen from lorries taking coal from an open cast coal mine to power plants near Heihe on the Chinese Russian border
01592001
Ashley Cooper / Electricity pylons, Northern China, March 209.
01592000
Ashley Cooper / Dwellings in Suihua with smoke coming out from the chimneys, Heilongjiang Province, China.
01591999
Ashley Cooper / Demolition of house to make way for modern high rise apartment blocks, Suihua, Heilongjiang province, China, March 2009.
01591998
Ashley Cooper / Coal fired power station, Suihua, Heilongjiang Province, China. March 2009. In 2008 China officially became the worlds largest emitter of greenhouse gases.
01591997
Ashley Cooper / Coal fired power station, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China. March 2009. In 2008 China officially became the worlds largest emitter of greenhouse gases.
01591995
Ashley Cooper / Coal fired power station, north of Beijing, China. March 2009. In 2008 China officially became the worlds largest emitter of greenhouse gases.
01591993
Ashley Cooper / Man breaking up coal for domestic use. China, March 2009. In 2008 China officially became the worlds largest emitter of greenhouse gases.
01591992
Ashley Cooper / Coal fired cement factory billows smoke, Tongshuan, Shanxi Province, China. March 2009. In 2008 China officially became the worlds largest emitter of greenhouse gases.
01591989
Ashley Cooper / Coal fired power plant being constructed in Inner Mongolia, China, March 2009. In 2008 China officially became the worlds largest emitter of greenhouse gases.
01591986
Ashley Cooper / Coal fired power station just north of Beijing, China. March 2009. In 2008 China officially became the worlds largest emitter of greenhouse gases.
01591978
Ashley Cooper / Hangdang Steel works, with billow of vapor, Hangdang, Northern China. March 2009.
01591977
Ashley Cooper / Smog over coal fired power plants, Shanxi Province, China. March 2009. In 2008 China officially became the worlds largest emitter of greenhouse gases.
01591973
Ashley Cooper / Smog over coal fired power plants, Shanxi Province, China. March 2009. In 2008 China officially became the worlds largest emitter of greenhouse gases.
01591972
Ashley Cooper / Smog over the pit head of a coal mine near Tongshuan. Shanxi Province, China, March 2009.
01591831
Ashley Cooper / Midway Sunset oilfield in Taft, with arid land surrounding due to drought. Bakersfield, California, USA. September 2014.
01591830
Ashley Cooper / Midway Sunset oilfield in Taft, with arid land surrounding due to drought. Bakersfield, California, USA. September 2014.
01591802
Ashley Cooper / Petrochemical plant at sunrise, Teeside, UK.
01591798
Ashley Cooper / Emmissions from the Corus steelworks at Redcar, UK, December 2005.
01591797
Ashley Cooper / Emissions from the Corus steel plant on Teeside, England, UK, December 2005.
01591796
Ashley Cooper / Petrochemical works on Teeside, England, UK, December 2005.
01591794
Ashley Cooper / Emissions from the Bluescope steel works at Port Kembla, Wollongong, Australia. February 2010.
01591793
Ashley Cooper / Emissions from the Bluescope steel works at Port Kembla, Wollongong, Australia. February 2010.
01591792
Ashley Cooper / Emissions from the Bluescope steel works at Port Kembla, Wollongong, Australia. February 2010.
01591791
Ashley Cooper / Emissions from the Bluescope steel works at Port Kembla, Wollongong, Australia. February 2010.
01591790
Ashley Cooper / Emissions from the Bluescope steel works at Port Kembla, Wollongong, Australia.
01591789
Ashley Cooper / Emissions from the Bluescope steel works at Port Kembla, Wollongong, Australia. February 2010.
01591788
Ashley Cooper / Polluted emissions from a gas fired power plant in Barrow in Furness, Cumbria, UK. January 2010.
01591787
Ashley Cooper / The Corus steel works at Scunthorpe, England, UK, August.
01591624
Ashley Cooper / The Ineos oil refinery at Grangemouth in the Firth of Forth, Scotland, UK. It is Scotlands only oil refinery
01591623
Ashley Cooper / Air pollution and emissions from Redcar steel works, Teeside, England, UK. March 2011.
01591622
Ashley Cooper / Air pollution and emissions from Redcar steel works, Teeside, England, UK. March 2011.
01591619
Ashley Cooper / Ratcliffe on Soar coal fired power station near Nottingham, England, UK, December 2010.
01591618
Ashley Cooper / Ratcliffe on Soar coal fired power station near Nottingham, England, UK, December 2010.
01591615
Ashley Cooper / Coal moving machinery at Port Waratah, Newcastle which is the worlds largest coal port. New South Wales, Australia. February.
01591614
Ashley Cooper / Limestone quarry to produce cement. Clitheroe Lancashire, England, UK, March 2009.
01591613
Ashley Cooper / Limestone quarry to produce cement. Clitheroe Lancashire, England, UK, March 2009.
01591612
Ashley Cooper / Coal moving machinery at Port Waratah in Newcastle which is the worlds largest coal port. New South Wales, Australia. February 2010.
01591598
Ashley Cooper / Flaring off gas at the Flotta oil terminal on the Island of Flotta in the Orkney's Scotland, UK. October 2011.
01591597
Ashley Cooper / Flaring off gas at the Flotta oil terminal on the Island of Flotta in the Orkney's Scotland, UK. October 2011.
01591595
Ashley Cooper / The Ineos oil refinery at Grangemouth in the Firth of Forth, Scotland, UK. October 2010.
01591594
Ashley Cooper / The Ineos oil refinery at Grangemouth in the Firth of Forth, Scotland, UK. October 2010.
01591593
Ashley Cooper / Flaring off gas at The Ineos oil refinery at Grangemouth in the Firth of Forth, Scotland, UK. October 2010.
01591592
Ashley Cooper / Flaring off gas at The Ineos oil refinery at Grangemouth in the Firth of Forth, Scotland, UK. October 2010.
01591591
Ashley Cooper / Heavy industry on Teeside, North East England, UK, July 2009.
01591590
Ashley Cooper / Heavy industry on Teeside, North East England, UK, July 2009.
01591589
Ashley Cooper / Heavy industry on Teeside, North East England, UK, July 2009.
01591588
Ashley Cooper / Ratcliffe on Soar coal fired power station near Nottingham, UK, showing the cooling towers and chimney rearing up from a mountain of coal
01591583
Ashley Cooper / The Midway Sunset oilfield in Taft, Bakersfield, California, USA. September 2014.
01591582
Ashley Cooper / The Midway Sunset oilfield in Taft, Bakersfield, California, USA. September 2014.
01591581
Ashley Cooper / The Petroleum highway in the Midway Sunset oilfield in Maricopa, Bakersfield, California, USA. September 2014.
01591575
Ashley Cooper / Coal on the docks in Hull, on the Humber Estuary, Yorkshire, England, UK. August.
01591574
Ashley Cooper / BP chemical plant at salt End on Humberside which produces Acetic Acid. Yorkshire, England, UK, August.
01591573
Ashley Cooper / BP chemical plant at salt End on Humberside which produces Acetic Acid and a gas fired power station, Yorkshire, England, UK, August.
01591532
Ashley Cooper / Part of geothermal plant that removes water from the steam before it feeds turbines at Krafla geothermal power station near Myvatn, Iceland,September 2010.
01591531
Ashley Cooper / Part of geothermal plant that removes water from the steam before it is fed into turbines at Krafla geothermal power station near Myvatn, Iceland,September 2010.
01591530
Ashley Cooper / Krafla geothermal power station near Myvatn, Iceland, which produces electricity as well as supplying hot water to heat buildings in the surrounding area. September 2010.
01591529
Ashley Cooper / Krafla geothermal power station near Myvatn, Iceland, which produces electricity as well as supplying hot water to heat buildings in the surrounding area. September 2010.
01591528
Ashley Cooper / Control room hall of Krafla geothermal power station, which produces electricity as well as supplying hot water to heat buildings in the surrounding area. September 2010.
01591527
Ashley Cooper / Pipes carrying steam to the steam turbines in Krafla geothermal power station. Krafla produces electricity as well as supplying hot water to heat buildings in the surrounding area. September 2010.
01591526
Ashley Cooper / Pipes carrying steam to the steam turbines in Krafla geothermal power station. Krafla produces electricity as well as supplying hot water to heat buildings in the surrounding area. September 2010.
01591401
Ashley Cooper / New electrified railway line built into Alicante, Murcia, Spain. May 2011.
01591400
Ashley Cooper / New electrified railway line built into Alicante, Murcia,, Spain. May 2011.
01600670
Guy Edwardes / Thrift (Ameria maritima) in front of Levant Mine, Trewellard, Cornwall, England, UK. May 2011.
01600971
Juan Carlos Munoz / Cargadero de Dicido, a mineral loading dock in the Cantabrian Sea, Miono, Castro Urdiales, Cantabria, Spain. December 2017.
00583858
Sebastian Kennerknecht / Excavator in urban wetland, Diyasaru Park, Colombo, Sri Lanka
01592952
Terry Whittaker / The Nigg fabrication site and port with Nigg Ferry, Cromarty Firth, Highlands, Scotland. September 2016.
01590577
Laurie Campbell / Timber harvesting machine felling and processing conifers, Inverness-shire, Scotland, August 2007
01590576
Laurie Campbell / Timber harvesting machine felling and processing conifers, Inverness-shire, Scotland, August 2007
01590575
Laurie Campbell / Timber harvesting machine felling and processing conifers, Inverness-shire, Scotland, August 2007
01590574
Laurie Campbell / Timber harvesting machine felling and processing conifers, Inverness-shire, Scotland, August 2007
01590573
Laurie Campbell / Timber harvesting machine felling and processing conifers, Inverness-shire, Scotland, August 2007