20,000 tonnes of Russian diesel spill into Arctic river

[Badgers]

Surprised we do not have a mention (unless I have missed a post/thread?) of this absolute horror show yet.

The World Wildlife Fund and Greenpeace Russia said that although climate change likely played a role in the spillage of more than 20,000 tons of diesel fuel from the Nadezhda plant, the risks of thawing permafrost to Arctic infrastructure were publicly known and could have been addressed months or years earlier. The leak turned two rivers near the Arctic city of Norilsk crimson.

The accident is one of the largest in Russian history and had been compared by Greenpeace to the Exxon Valdez spill.

Regional officials on Tuesday said some pollutants from the leak had reached Lake Pyasino, a large body of water that leads to the Kara Sea. But the main damage has been done to the local Ambarnaya and Daldykan rivers and may take a decade to clean, local officials and environmentalists have said.

Russian mining firm accused of using global heating to avoid blame for oil spill

Nornickel said permafrost thaw could have caused catastrophic diesel spillage in Arctic

www.theguardian.com

Saw this about a week ago and it really made my blood run cold.