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	Turning Wastes into Energy
	Natural resources will definitely end sometimes, and we seem to get buried under giant heaps of rubbish. Where mankind should put all these wastes? Many countries have found a nice solution for this burning problem and even get profit of it. Russia recently also started working in this direction.
--15-06-2011--
	Cell Phones Aren’t Good for Protozoa
	In our everyday life we spend a good deal of time being under influence of weak electromagnetic radiation – it can come from mobile phones or microwave ovens, for instance. Active debates about possible danger of this type of radiation take place all over the world. New facts on the subject arrive from Russian researchers.
--10-06-2011--
	Fruit Pits and Nut Shells Help Purify Air
	Russian researchers from Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology know how to make activated carbon filters for purifying air from petrol vapours and light-end oil products from fruit pits and nut shells.
--25-05-2011--

News:

	New Ecological Russian Tour is Dedicated to Snow Leopard
	In 2013, Tuva, Mongolia and the Altai will offer a new tourist route, created by ecologists of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). The tour includes visiting habitats of argali and snow leopard.
--22-05-2012--
	New Tourist Route to Appear in Astrakhan Nature Reserve
	The Astrakhan Nature Biosphere Reserve attracts tourists with a unique walking route. Visitors will be able to see the diversity of flora and fauna of the Volga Delta.
--21-05-2012--
	Eco Festival to Start in Yekaterinburg
	The third ecological festival “Clean and Healthy City” will take place in the Urals capital on June 10, 2012.
--12-05-2012--
	Moscow Lights Candles During the Earth Hour
	For the fourth time Moscow and other Russian cities took part in the global Earth Hour on Saturday evening.
--02-04-2012--
	Ecologists Find Rare Animals in Moscow
	Rare species of animals live in the especially protected natural zones in the capital city of Russia.
--14-03-2012--
	Automatic Recorders to Protect Kaliningrad National Park from Vandals
	Autoregistrars set up in the unique national park Vishtynetskiy of the Kaliningrad Region are meant to fix violations of rules of conduct in the wood, and to record statistics of wild animals.
--12-03-2012--
	Krasnodar Ecologists Are Under Threat of Imprisonment Fence of Governor Tkachev
	The police in Tuapse town of Krasnodar Territory have officially recognized activists of the Ecological Watch across the North Caucasus - Suren Gazaryan and Evgeny Vitishko - suspects in the criminal case on damage of the fence round the summer residence of Kuban governor Alexander Tkachev.
--09-03-2012--
	Settlement Dwellers Flooded with Manure
	In Romashka Settlement of the Leningrad Region ecologists have once again found infringements in recycling of animal industry wastes.
--07-03-2012--
	Uncleared Drains Dumped into Kaliningrad Gulf since 1946
	During monitoring of the condition of reservoirs of the Kaliningrad Region ecologists have found an emergency dump of sewer drains around Pelavskoye Lake.
--05-03-2012--
	Huge Dump in Sochi Destroys Resort Coast
	A huge dump is located in the resort settlement Loo of the Lazarevsky District of Sochi, at the distance of 700 meters from the Black Sea and 200 meters from a school.
--01-03-2012--
	Plane Crashed near Chelyabinsk Provokes Ecological Accident
	The crash of plane SU-24 from Shagolsky air base on Big Koshkul Lake in the Kurgan Region on February, 13th has caused ecological accident
--29-02-2012--
	Four New Nature Sanctuaries to Appear in Murmansk
	The Murmansk Region, the nature of which is a real treasure of the Kola Peninsula, will be replenished with new nature sanctuaries.
--16-02-2012--
	Two Nature Reserves and 6 National Parks to be Created in Russia
	Two new federal nature reserves and six national parks will be created in Russia in 2012.
--15-02-2012--
	Biospheric Reserve to be Established in Bashkiria
	The first biospheric reserve in the Urals - “Bashkir Ural” - will be created in the Republic of Bashkiria.
--10-02-2012--
	Unique Nature Sanctuary in Novgorod Region may be Build up with Cottages
	The story of attempting upon the nature sanctuary Ilmensky Glint – one of the most valuable nature sanctuaries of the Novgorod Region - runs on.
--09-02-2012--
	National Park to be Founded on Lake Seliger
	A national park is planned to be established in the Tver Region on Lake Seliger, the regional ministry of natural resources and ecology informs.
--03-02-2012--
	Ecologists Reject Offers of Builders of Toll Highway Moscow-Petersburg
	The French company Vinci tries to resolve the prolonged conflict about the Khimki forest in Moscow, having made of it not only the roadside, but also an international project that will return money to support ecology and, probably, reassure the dissatisfied.
--02-02-2012--
	Leopard Sanctuary in Primorski Krai Cut Down
	Wildlife sanctuary “Leopard” and reserve “Cedar Honeydew” in Primorski Territory on the basis of which the prime minister Vladimir Putin ordered to create national park Land of Leopard is being cut down.
--01-02-2012--
	Villagers Beat off Another Attempt of Seizure of Lands
	Last week another attempt of illegal seizure of land in the water security zone for building it up took place in Pokhlebaiki Village standing on the bank of Istrinsky water storage reservoir in the Moscow Region.
--26-01-2012--
	Garbage Museum to be Created in Bashkiria
	Activists of ecological movements of Bashkiria Republic have announced creation of a republican museum of interesting and dangerous finds from garbage.
--26-01-2012--
	Another Scandal About Crane Reserve Near Moscow
	The story of the unique wildlife preserve Crane Homeland in Taldom District of the Moscow Region, which was included in the plan of peatbog rewetting is developing further.
--19-01-2012--
	First Energy-Efficient Residential Quarter in Russian to be Built in Ufa
	The first energy-saving many-storeyed house in Russia will be built in Ufa (Bashkiria) in 2012.
--18-01-2012--
	Dirtiest and Purest Regions of Russia Announced
	The public organization Green Patrol has summed up ecological results of the year 2011.
--13-01-2012--
	Bog and Cave in Bashkiria Recognized Nature Sanctuaries
	Four nature sites have been registered among the new nature sanctuaries of the Republic of Bashkiria.
--12-01-2012--
	Karelia People Protect Unique Lake
	Dwellers of the Karelian settlement Kulikovo bordering on Leningrad Region have once again stood up against opening a cast mine near Yastrebinoe Lake.
--30-12-2011--
	WWF Makes Special Mention of Ulyanovsk Region
	Ulyanovsk Region has turned to be in the first group in the rating of forest management among the federal subjects of Russia.
--26-12-2011--
	150 People Came To Paint a Giant Eco-Bag In Moscow
	An action " Unpack!" was held on the 25th of August in the centre of Moscow when a big group of people painted a giant linen bag.The organisator of the event was a social organisation "Eca".
--29-08-2011--
	Two Exhibitions of Photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand Open in Moscow
	Two expositions of the well-known photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand have been opened in Moscow at once.
--02-08-2011--
	Foxes Domesticated – First Time Since Ancient Times
	Scientists from Novosibirsk successfully reproduced a great biological experiment of ancient human beings – animal domestication.
--28-07-2011--
	Learning More about the Aral Sea
	Researchers from Russia and America studied sediments of the Aral Sea and learned some interesting facts from the history of our planet.
--19-07-2011--
	Air Flow Visualization System Developed
	Russian scientists from the city of Omsk have developed a technique, which helps make air flows visible.
--14-07-2011--
	Russian Batteries for Electric Cars to Have High Capacity
	A joint Russian and Chinese company “Liotech” produces high-tech lithium-ion batters with very high capacity.
--05-07-2011--
	Hybrid Plants to Be Studied
	Researchers from Lipetsk will pay close attention to early-ripening hybrids of corn, sunflower and rape.
--24-06-2011--
	Search for Ancient Volcanic Eruptions Started
	Volcanologists from Sakhalin and Kamchatka travel to the Kuril islands in order to learn more about history of caldera volcano eruptions.
--20-06-2011--
	Unique Studies of the Caspian Sea’s Bottom
	A unique research facility, hosted on a survey motor boat, is currently studying water and bottom of the Caspian Sea.
--31-05-2011--