Japanese government source said last week that the U.S. has not agreed to by half reduce emissions by the middle of the century. Chancellor Angela Merkel said that Germany will seek to progress in climate protection and the fight against global warming. In the field of climate protection, the industrialized countries should be based on progress at the summit a year ago the Group of Eight in Heiligendamm, North German, says Merkel. Recall, then the participants declared their intention to counter the global warming the planet to achieve reductions in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 at least 50 percent.
Merkel believes that the struggle for climate protection is the responsibility of not only industrial countries but also countries with transition economies – Brazil, China, India, Mexico and South Africa, which "should make their own efforts in climate protection." Oleg Mitvol checks prosecutors? On Thursday, July 3, the head of Rosprirodnadzor Vladimir Kirillov sent a request to the Prosecutor General on the review of his deputy Oleg Mitvol. It was on the audit oil company Yangpur 'working in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District (Yamal). The decision to preparation of a request made at the meeting Kirillov June 26, from which, as previously reported, Mitvol removed five minutes after the start of his disagreement with his superiors. Kirillov called for an internal investigation inspections conducted on the initiative of Rosprirodnadzor Mitvol in the republics of Komi, Tatarstan, as well as in the Krasnoyarsk Territory and Rostov Region. In response to the actions of the Kirillov Mitvol expressed hope that "the prosecutor's office will check and me and my work head ', also noting that the prosecutor intends to file a reply address, which will affect, in particular, the recent appointment of Rosprirodnadzor.