Russia Declares Emergency As 20k Tons Of Diesel Leak Turns River Crimson, See Pics
Amid the coronavirus outbreak, Russia is facing another huge devastation after a fuel tank collapsed at a power plant in Norilsk. Over 20,000 tons of diesel leaked into the Arctic circle turning the Ambarnaya River crimson red.
President Vladimir V. Putin has declared a state of emergency in northern Siberia following the major oil spill. The accident is considered to be one of the gravest and worst oil spills in the history of the country.
Have a look at the pictures of the unfortunate accident that turned a river blood-red:
There was another oil spill in Russia on May 29th. 20,000 tons of oil spilled into the Artic Circle due to a collapsed storage tank. Russia declared a state of emergency yesterday following the spill. My heart is heavy.
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"Norilsk Nickel, the world’s largest producer of platinum and nickel, was responsible for a “blood river” in Siberia in 2016; one of its plants belched so much sulfur dioxide that it is surrounded by a dead zone of mud twice the size of Rhode Island."nytimes.com/2020/06/04/wor…
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One for you year 9 and 10. Energy resources and their impact on the environnent #readall aboutit
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#Russia President Vladimir Putin Declared a state of emergency after 20,000 tons of oil spill into Arctic river.
The fuel spilled Friday from a tank at a power plant storage facility in an outlying section of Norilsk, about 1,800 miles northeast of Moscow.
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The accident happened after one of the pillars of a tank at the plant collapse spilling the oil up to seven miles from the site of the accident. Experts say that the oil spill will have severe effects on the environment and ecosystem in the Arctic circle.
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