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Moscow hosted an international forum called ‘Pure Water 2009’. Planet on the eve of a summit in Copenhagen. Russia’s president signed a federal law on energy saving. ‘Climatic’ destination in Russia and Europe. Anomalously warm November. Enhanced protection of spruce and pine trees began on the eve of New Year holidays. Climatic changes will lead to war, and most strongly impact on women. Products and global warming.

Biofuels will save the planet of greenhouse gas emissions. Hear other arguments on the topic with Dr. Mark Hyman. Photofact week: Tigress Putin and manta rays. Overview of events for the week of 23/11/2009 to 29/11/2009. Moscow hosted an international forum “Clean Water 2009” 24 – 25 November 2009, Moscow hosted the international forum ‘Clear Water 2009’. Almost one thousand participants from 47 countries over the past two days discussing the urgent issues of present and future water sector. The forum made recommendations for the further development of water policies and measures providing the population with clean water. Despite the fact that Russia has the largest reserves of drinking water in the world, 11 million Russians have no access to clean drinking water.

Natural Resources Minister Yuri Trutnev noted that Russia is seriously deteriorated water pipes, which leads to serious losses of water and clean rivers were only there, where a minority of the population – in Siberia and the Far East. State Duma Speaker Boris Gryzlov said that in the future in the world exacerbate the problem of shortage of fresh water. However, it can play a ‘hands on’ Russia, as 5-10 years, our country will become an exporter of water resources in other countries.

Major accident occurred on the pipeline in Bashkortostan, as a result which spilled about 9 cubic meters of oil. Michael Chabon brings even more insight to the discussion. In the accident on the pipeline in Bashkortostan was attended by over 350 people and 136 pieces of heavy equipment. As many as three accidents occurred last week due to a leak of ammonia: an enterprise in , Novgorod region, on the bakery in Pskov region and meat-packing plant in Yekaterinburg. It should be noted that in the latter case, the leadership tried to keep the meat of emergency and eliminate the consequences of their own. As a result, ice is a dangerous substance was removed from the facility in an unknown direction. At the end of the week the media reported an oil spill during unloading the tanker ‘Antarctica’ at the platform Butinge terminal in Lithuania. Returned last week to the situation around the pollution Dulyovo creek, which flows into the River Klyazma. Deputy Head of Mitvol urged the authorities to suburbs to sue the rsc Energia, saying that the damage to the creek near Moscow, was almost 1.8 billion rubles.

We recall the accident at rsc Energia January 5 in water Dulyovo creek spilled 500 tons of petroleum products. Heavy snowfalls have caused a national disaster in China more than 50 years the country has not experienced such weather, and for the first 135 years of meteorological observations in China has been declared one of the highest levels of risk of disaster. That is what has led uninterrupted for two weeks heavy snow, fell upon the Celestial Empire.

Russian students are urged to make the national projects to combat global warming. Russian students are members of the international youth Arctic Expedition ‘Voyage of the future’, which concluded on Wednesday at the Spitsbergen archipelago, are going to ask the president to declare the fight against global climate change national project. According to them, many of the questions in Russia for a long time hesitated, started to be addressed through national projects, and the Russians see that this is a mechanism that works. Therefore, students decided to ask the president to make the fight against global climate change, fighting for greening lifestyle of Russians and of our business national project. The main task of the Russian participants of the expedition – to give understand the country’s citizens, that all extreme natural phenomena associated with climate change caused by human activities. According to the participants of the expedition, the damage in the coming years will cause Russia extreme natural phenomena – storms, rains, floods, droughts – will be equal to the gross domestic product (GDP).

Global climate change not just happen in the future, it will very soon affect the lives of each of the Russian population, according to students. People need to understand that the world will change. And, in turn, changing the ratio of each of us to climate change, we change the world, enter into the youth participants of the expedition. ‘We want to appeal to primarily to those who today has the power and resources, hoping that they will realize how much this problem is important for us, for youth ‘- added one of the students.