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- Norilsk today is the most polluted city in Russia, and one of the top-ten most polluted cities on the planet. Every year, the nickel plant pumps out more than two million tons of toxic gas, including sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, carbon, phenols and more. Around one percent of total global sulphur dioxide emissions come from this one city.
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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.
Nov 28, 2021 · The city of 176,000 has long been recognized by environmentalists —and even by the Russian Federation government —as one of the most polluted places on Earth, because of one business: Norilsk...
Jun 12, 2022 · Norilsk today is the most polluted city in Russia, and one of the top-ten most polluted cities on the planet. Every year, the nickel plant pumps out more than two million tons of toxic...
Oct 25, 2023 · Russian mining giant Nornickel launched a multi-billion dollar project on Wednesday aimed at reducing sulphur dioxide emissions by 45% in Norilsk, Russia's most polluted city, through a...
Jun 9, 2020 · Diesel oil from a huge spill in Russia's Arctic north has polluted a large freshwater lake and there is a risk it could spread into the Arctic Ocean, a senior Russian official says. Emergency...
Dec 1, 2021 · In Norilsk, the northernmost city in the world, the Arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the world, but the permafrost and structural problems have not been caused by climate change alone. A smelting company has polluted rivers and destroyed boreal forest.
Dec 10, 2021 · How Norilsk, Russia, became one of the most polluted places on Earth. Located in the northernmost city in the world, Norilsk Nickel is the world's leading producer of the high-purity...
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