Sickening: "Russia says 'years' needed to clean up Arctic spill"

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June 10, 2020

By Agence France-Presse

Russian investigators on Wednesday detained three staff of a power plant over a huge fuel spill in the Arctic, as response teams warned a full clean-up would take years.

The spill of over 21,000 tonnes of fuel took place after a fuel reservoir collapsed last month at a power plant operated by a subsidiary of metals giant Norilsk Nickel in the city of Norilsk.

It is the largest ever to have hit the Arctic, say environmentalists.

Those working at the site have already seen the first effects of the spill on the local ecosystem, said Viktor Bronnikov, general director of Transneft Siberia oil and gas transportation company involved in the clean-up.

They included dead muskrats and ducks, he said.

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/06/russia-says-years-needed-to-clean-up-arctic-spill/

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It's just a matter of time before this happens to ANWR. Evil bastards.

[MLAA]

1. With the record high temps in the Arctic

we are likely to see much more destruction there and subsequent impacts everywhere. Buckle up, it will get scary.

[Cirque du So-What]

2. You've got a big clean-up on your hands, pooty-poot

I hope it keeps you so busy that you have to ease up on interfering in the affairs of other nations for awhile.

[bluestarone]

3. Just no end to countries polluting our planet

[Blue_true]

8. Don't worry, the planet can take care of itself.

Us polluting the planet is like an angry 90 pound weakling punching a powerful super-heavy weight in the gut while calling him every name in the book. It simply won't end well for us. The Planet will eventually kill us and other living things along with us and then rebuild species as it has done regularly for 4 billion years.

[fleur-de-lisa]

4. I'm surprised those 3 staff members haven't yet fallen from windows

Pootie doesn’t care that he completely fucked up the arctic but he sure as hell hates losing the money he looted from the Russian people.

[Blue_true]

9. Given where the plant is located, they likely only had cooling towers.

It likely was too tough to get them to the top of a cooling tower kicking and screaming.

Rest assured, they will never make it to trial.

[Massacure]

5. "Largest ever to have hit the Arctic"

Maybe my math off, but isn't 21,000 tonnes equal to about 6 million gallons? That's less than Exxon-Valdez's 11 million.

[Blue_true]

10. The Valdez was in a part of Alaska that is outside the Artic.

A trivial point, but still an accurate one.

[Submariner]

6. I'm counting on Biden stopping all ANWR activities this coming January 21st

it should never be allowed to happen.

[crickets]

7. Agreed - I hope you're right. nt