In what environmentalists believe to be the biggest oil spill in the Arctic Circle, 20,000 tonnes of diesel flowed across the Siberian landscape. NBC News Forensics investigates the cause of the Norilsk disaster, why it took so long to respond and how far the pollution spread.July 21, 2020
Environmental emergency: What caused the Arctic oil spill?

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