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1. • • The city of 176,000 has long been recognized by environmentalists — and even by the Russian government — as one of the most polluted places on Earth, because of one business: Norilsk Nickel, the world’s biggest producer of palladium and high-grade nickel and a top producer of platinum, cobalt and copper.
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   Is Norilsk a polluted city?

   • The city of 176,000 has long been recognized by environmentalists — and even by the Russian government — as one of the most polluted places on Earth, because of one business: Norilsk Nickel, the world’s biggest producer of palladium and high-grade nickel and a top producer of platinum, cobalt and copper. An aerial view of Norilsk on June 6, 2020.

   How Norilsk, in the Russian Arctic, became one of the most polluted

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   What is the story of Norilsk's pollution?

   • The story of Norilsk’s pollution is written in the trees: 5.9 million acres of dead and dying boreal forest downwind from the Norilsk Nickel compound — a scar larger than New Jersey, slashed into the largest forested region on Earth.

   How Norilsk, in the Russian Arctic, became one of the most polluted

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   Is Norilsk a pollution hazard?

   • The story of Norilsk’s pollution is written in the trees. It can be seen in the 5.9 million acres of dead and dying boreal forest downwind from the Norilsk Nickel compound—a scar larger than the size of New Jersey slashed into the largest forested region on Earth.

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   What is Norilsk known for?

   • Norilsk in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia is one of the largest arctic cities (over 170,000 people). This area is rich in nickel, copper, palladium and cobalt deposits that have been discovered and started being exploited at the beginning of the 20th century.

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   Does Norilsk Nickel control sulfur dioxide air pollution?

   • Norilsk Nickel’s long-running failure to control sulfur dioxide air pollution is a case in point. By law, sulfur dioxide is strictly limited in Russia—the nation’s air quality standard allows only a quarter of the pollution permitted under the standards of the United States or the European Union.

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   Why is Norilsk Nickel destroying the environment?

   • But Norilsk Nickel, abetted by a lax government, has undermined its own vision for the future through actions that have spoiled a priceless environment, with implications for the entire planet. The company’s pollution has carved a barren landscape of dead and dying trees out of the taiga, or boreal forest, one of the world’s largest carbon sinks.

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   Dec 10, 2021 · Norilsk, Russia, has long been recognized as one of the most polluted places on Earth, because of Norilsk Nickel, the world’s biggest producer of palladium and high-grade nickel.

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6. emerging-europe.com › analysis › norilsk-is-noNorilsk is no longer Russia’s most polluted city

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   Aug 24, 2021 · Norilsk, the world’s northernmost city with more than 100,000 inhabitants, and for much of the 1970s and 1980s synonymous with severe industrial pollution, is no longer the dirtiest city in Russia, according to the German publication Blick, which cites a new report from the Russian Service for the Supervision of Consumer Protection, which ...

7. storymaps.arcgis.com › stories › 483ff918d834464dThe Pollution of Norilsk (2021) - ArcGIS StoryMaps

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   A story map on the current state of one of the most polluted cities in Russia.

8. faroutmagazine.co.uk › norilsk-isolated-city-mostNorilsk: the dark history of Earth's most isolated city

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   Aug 28, 2024 · Given its dark history, depressing scenery, high levels of pollution and lack of any kind of cultural industries, most people would be content with never visiting Norilsk. However, the Arctic city has become a dream destination for dark tourists and photographers of brutalist architecture.

9. ejatlas.org › norilsk-russias-most-polluted-cityNorilsk pollution, Russia - Ej Atlas

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   May 2, 2022 · Norilsk is one of the 10 most polluted cities in the world and "Norilsk Nickel", a big mining and the metallurgical complex, is to blame for that. Description of the conflict case. Norilsk in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia is one of the largest arctic cities (over 170,000 people).

10. www.rbth.com › politics_and_society › 2016/08/16Northern exposure: Life in Norilsk, Russia's most polluted city

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    Aug 16, 2016 · Norilsk is officially one of the 10 most polluted cities in the world. The extraction of non-ferrous metals produces massive poisonous waste, which in many decades has burned the tundra...