towards Baikalsk. After witnessing a beautiful sunrise, we were shocked
to see the cloud of smog produced by the Baikalsk paper mill, which
operates near the shore of Lake Baikal. When we arrived, we were
greeted by Marina Petrovna Rikhvanova, a pioneer for the environmental
movement in Russia, and long-time critic of the mill. She brought us to
a storage reservior for lignin -- a by-product of paper production --
that contain harmful chloro-organic compounds as a result of the
paper-making process. Afterwards, we met with the vice mayor of the
city, who spoke to us about the plan for modernizing Baikalsk and
bringing new jobs to the area as an alternative to the paper mill.
Nicole Uhrain and Rachel Coogan
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