The Mammoth Pirates: In Russia's Arctic north, a new gold rush is under way (rferl.org)

Hi! I produced this piece. Happy to answer any questions about the story or the presentation.

That mosquito picture is nightmare fuel

Putin denies global climate change http://dailycaller.com/2015/10/29/russias-putin-says-global-... and Russia is doing very little to develop renewable energy.

This is because the Russian government gets half its tax revenues from the fossil fuel industries, and because a warmer North benefits Russian agriculture.