DRILLING FOR DISASTER: Environmental activists warned that drilling for oil in the Russian Arctic could have disastrous consequences because of a lack of technology and infrastructure to deal with a possible spill.

DANGEROUS DELAY: A report from Greenpeace and the World Wildlife Fund concludes that a sizeable spill from a Gazprom drilling platform could contaminate protected areas and nature reserves in less than a day, while emergency teams would take at least three days to reach the area.

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