Reuters: Russia has not approved any projects to cut greenhouse gases under the Kyoto Protocol due to a reshuffle of government ministries by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, Russia’s top Kyoto official said on Thursday. Although six months have passed since applications were invited, none have been approved, the official, Oleg Pluzhnikov, told Reuters. Under the United Nations scheme, investors can sell emissions cuts to other industrialised nations, which need them to meet their own …