The Khimki Forest in Russia. Photo: Defence of the Khimki Forest . Celebrity support and public outrage have failed to keep a highway from being built through one of the few forests left in the Moscow region. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who lifted activists’ hopes when he halted the road construction in Aug… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Highway Approved for Moscow’s Khimki Forest