In China’s Inner Mongolia, mining spells misery for traditional herders

As China develops mineral resources, an ancient way of life is threatened.-Mongolian herders tend their sheep near the Datang coal-to-gas plant. The herders have protested against the air and soil pollution caused by the plant. Gilles Sabrie/For The Washington Post

By Simon Denyer -April 7 at 3:30 AM
HOLINGOL, China — When the wind blew in their direction, smoke and dust from a huge aluminum smelter would drift across the grasslands where herders had grazed their flocks for generations in China’s Inner Mongolia.

In China’s Inner Mongolia, Mining Spells Misery for Traditional Herders by Thavam Ratna