July 25th, 2010
One of the world’s cleanest lakes, Lake Baikal is rapidly being polluted. Photo by Sergey Gabdurakhmanov via Flickr
Nasty pollutants pouring into the world’s deepest and oldest lake from a pulp and paper mill are putting Russia’s Lake Baikal — which holds one fifth of the world’s fresh water — at risk of being dropped off the United Nations’ World Heritage List…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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