Russia spills two Deepwater Horizons of oil each year

Posted by on Aug 6, 2016 @ 11:40 am in Conservation | 0 comments | Last modified: August 5, 2016

The Komi Republic in northern Russia is renowned for its many lakes, but sites contaminated by oil are almost just as easy to find in the Usinsk oilfields. From pumps dripping oil and huge ponds of black sludge to dying trees and undergrowth — a likely sign of an underground pipeline leak — these spills are relatively small and rarely garner media attention. But they add...

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