Anger, Putin to Reopen Lake Baikal Paper Mill

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Anger at Putin decision to allow Lake Baikal paper mill to reopen
Russian prime minister rules that mill can resume production 15 months after being closed down on ecological grounds
Wednesday 20 January 2010 16.46 GMT

Environmentalists today rounded on Vladimir Putin after he amended legislation to allow the pollution of Russia's Lake Baikal, home to one-fifth of the world's supply of fresh water and unique plants/animals.

Putin ruled a pulp/paper mill...could resume production 15 months after being closed down on ecological grounds.

For decades, environmental groups have attacked the...mill, which bleaches paper with chlorine and discharges its waste water into the lake.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/ja ... aikal-mill