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Russia says clean-up of largest ever Arctic oil spill could take years | South China Morning Post

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An unprecedented fuel spill has polluted rivers and subsoil near an Arctic power station in Norilsk, Russia. Over 21,000 tonnes of diesel - the volume of 10 Olympic-size swimming pools - spilled from a fuel reservoir that collapsed on May 29, 2020. On June 10, emergency response teams warned a full clean-up would ta…

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