Thirst for oil threatens a fifth of the world's fresh water
A PLAN to build an oil pipeline that green activists and many experts say could severely damage Lake Baikal, the world’s deepest freshwater lake, has been approved by Russia’s environmental watchdog.
Transneft, the state pipeline monopoly, is proposing to build the $11 billion (£6.3 billion) pipeline from Eastern Siberia to the Pacific Coast, via the Chinese border, to supply oil-thirsty Asian markets.
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Transneft, the state pipeline monopoly, is proposing to build the $11 billion (£6.3 billion) pipeline from Eastern Siberia to the Pacific Coast, via the Chinese border, to supply oil-thirsty Asian markets.
( Full story here )
posted by Oil Shock at 3/07/2006 06:49:00 PM
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