Pipes filtering water from dams built to contain oil. Most collapsed. Russia.

Unique identifier: GP0V0L

Type: Image

Shoot date: 01/04/1995

Locations: Eastern Europe, Russia, Usinsk

Credit line: © Greenpeace / Pierre Gleizes

Ranking: ★★★★★★★ (A)

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Usinsks Oil Clean Up

Greenpeace team return to Russia's Komi region where at least 100,000 tonnes of oil have spilled from oil pipelines since last August. The oil spills which have caused irreparable damage to the fragile Arctic environment can never be fully cleaned up. The clean up is primitive and has caused further environmental damage through the building of roads and new dams to contain the oil.

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