INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Snow in the Siberian city of Achinsk has turned into a muddy gray that many suspect was caused by pollution from a nearby aluminum oxide
factory, local media reported Monday.Photos and videos shared online show snowdrifts throughout the city, with a population of 100,000
region's Environmental Ministry to launch inspections of the city's biggest industrial polluters.An aluminum oxide refinery and a subsidiary
of Russian aluminum giant Rusal, which many blame for the gray snow, said that the plant has partially suspended its operations, local media
