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Jul 23, 2023 · NORILSK, Russia -- Photographer Aleksandr Kharitonov grew up in the remote Russian mining city of Norilsk, located above the Arctic Circle. His images of its landscapes, remnants of its Soviet...
- Dying Forests and Pollution Visible from Space
- A ‘Mountain River’ of Diesel Fuel
- Putin Plays ‘The Good Czar’
- ‘We Kill Our Children and Leave Them A Trash Heap’
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. In tree ring samples, scientists havepinpointed the great rush of sulfur dioxide pollution that began in 1942, when ...
Klyushin and other local environmental activists agitated for years for Rosprirodnadzor, the Russian environmental protection agency, to establish an office in Norilsk. They succeeded early last year, and the job of chief deputy went to Vasily Ryabinin, then 39, a chemist, who had previously worked at Norilsk Nickel but left after his beloved mento...
Putin reacted sharply to news of the diesel spill last year, which came only weeks after he unveileda new strategic plan for the Arctic, a vision of resource development and environmental protection going hand in hand. “Why did the authorities find out about this only two days later?” Putin asked in avideo conference callwith regional and company o...
Norilsk Nickel, pledging to cut sulfur dioxide emissions by 90 percent by 2025, has said it will spend at least $4.1 billion on a project calledSulphur Programme 2.0. “In my opinion, the implementation of the project will fundamentally change the ecological situation in our city,” Norilsk’s current mayor, Dmitry Kasarev, who previously worked for N...
Mar 21, 2019 · In our latest Through the Lens, Russian photographer Elena Chernyshova explores what it’s like to live in a city 400km north of the Arctic Circle.
Dec 10, 2021 · Photographer Elena Chernyshova captures life in Norilsk, Russia—one of the world's darkest, coldest and most polluted cities.
Jul 3, 2020 · Norilsk used to be a closed city - one of dozens across the Soviet Union shut off to protect industrial secrets. Foreigners need special permissions approved by the Federal Security Service (FSB) to enter the region.
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Jan 6, 2014 · Pictures of Norilsk, Russia, One of the Coldest and Polluted Cities. With the population of more than 170,000, Norilsk, Russia, is one of the biggest cities above the polar circle. The...
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Nov 28, 2021 · The channel and its Facebook group, which has about 8,300 members, have become action alert sites, sounding boards and support groups for distressed citizens in Norilsk, the northernmost city...
