Climate Adaptation
Huge Spill Stains Arctic and Climate Change Could Be the Cause
- Norilsk Nickel said melting permafrost may have caused spill
- Greenpeace likened the incident to the Exxon Valdez spill
In this image taken from video provided by the RU-RTR Russian television Russian Emergency Situations Ministry trucks work at the scene of an oil spill at a power plant in an outlying section of the city of Norilsk, Russsia, June 3.
Source: RU-RTR Russian Television via AP Images
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A massive fuel spill in Siberia prompted Russia to declare a state of emergency in the region as the mining company involved said the catastrophe may have been caused by climate change.