Is there a way to stop burning money in the Russian Arctic?
Instead of flaring natural gas, Russian oil producers could use it to create electricity locally.
December 18, 2018
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Viewed from outer space, Western Siberia — illuminated by hundreds of flaming oil well flares — is brighter than Novosibirsk, the biggest city in Siberia, hundreds of miles away.
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