Saturday, December 04, 2010

The Week In Green Numbers

2,509 square miles

- area of Amazon rainforest deforested last year, the lowest level ever recorded #

100 billion

- number of plastic bags saved by China imposing a charge on them #

7,000

- number of jobs created when Kenya imposed a 40% export tax on leather raw materials, which the EU wants them to get rid of #

200,000

- number of people expected to attend an Eco-Products exhibition in Japan #

$2 billion

- what Russia is about to spend to clean up space junk. Or that's what they claim the "pod" is for. But anyone who has seen 'You Only Live Twice' will know different #

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