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16.05.2012

Überraschende Top Ten der Umweltsünder

Dass die USA nicht viel für ihre Umwelt tun, scheint logisch - aber auch Dänemark ist in der WWF-Liste der "Bösen" zu finden.

von: Evelyn Peternel

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REUTERSJoe OMalley and his sheep dog Floss check on his sheep grazing on the common land on Clare Island, County Mayo, Ireland September 23, 2009. Irelands cities are festooned with posters for and against a treaty to reform the EU, but in the countryside

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REUTERSA commuter makes his way to work through flooded streets after torrential rain resulted in the major emergency plan being invoked in the County Dublin region, in Dublin October 25, 2011. Two people died and hundreds were stranded in northern and es

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epa000474596 Firemen trie to rescue a duck covered with oil near Haaftern, The Netherlands, Wednesday 06 July 2005 after an accident of a oil tanker on river Waal. Special fences have been put up to prevent oil from spreading further. EPA/MARCEL ANTONISSE

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EPAepa00838830 Environment activists wearing protective masks protest on a viaduct over the A9 highway in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on Thursday 12 October 2006, against the increase in traffic and pollution if the cabinet decide to widen the highway by incr

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REUTERSThe "super Moon& 34; rises over the skyline in Toronto, May 5, 2012. A "super Mo34; 34; will light up Saturdays night sky in a once-a-year cosmic show, overshadowing a meteor shower from remnants of Halleys Comet, the U.S. space agency NASA said. T

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REUTERSRemains of salmon left by feeding eagles scatter the shore of the Fraser River in Harrison Mills, British Columbia, east of Vancouver December 29, 2011. Each winter eagles from as far away as Alaska gather in the area to feed on salmon. REUTERS/An

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REUTERSThe sun shines above high tension power lines in an industrial area of west Sydney July 12, 2011. Australias push to impose an economy-wide cost on carbon pollution gives global efforts to price emissions a boost and will help revive struggling U.N

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epa000501064 The picture shows the Hazelwood power plant in the La Trobe Valley in Victoria, Australia, Thursday 11 August 2005. Greenpeace activists took over a coal dredger at Hazelwood power plant today, labelling it the developed worlds dirtiest energ

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EPAepa01594481 Illustration picture shows the Brussels court house and the smog above Brussels, Belgium on 09 January 2009. Today started a speed limit on the roads and highways because of the smog (air pollution), an increased level of fine dust particl

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dapdThis Monday March 28, 2011 photo shows stacks of tires to be used as fuel for the kiln of the Heidelberg cement factory in Lixhe, Belgium. In these days of concern over global warming and carbon emissions, a cement factory in southern Belgium is aband

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EPAepa02647477 (04/22) Dead tilapia float in the Salton Sea near Salton Sea Beach, California, USA, 19 January 2011. Erosion and high toxicity levels from farm runoff has left the Salton Sea increasingly contaminated, causing massive fish die-offs, and la

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EPAepa03132670 (19/20) Smoke from a smoldering fire rises from a bulldozed homesite in the toxic town of Picher, Oklahoma, USA, 06 February 2012. Thirty years after the Environmental Protection Agency declared Picher, Oklahoma the most hazardous Superfund

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REUTERSThe Sun sets over a smoking power plant near the venue of the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen December 12, 2009. REUTERS/Christian Charisius (DENMARK - Tags: ENVIRONMENT CIVIL UNREST SOCIETY CITYSCAPE)

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epa000293893 View of power lines silouetted against the sunrise in the Lewa desert south of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday 13 October 2004. The executive chairman of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company Adnoc Abdullah Nasir al Sowaidi anounced t

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dapdFILE - An undated file photo made available by the Abu Dhabi Environment Agency showing an Arabian Oryx walking in the desert after having been released into the area. The Arabian Oryx, whose distinctive horns are widely believed to have given rise t

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EPAepa01207182 Kuwaitis watch camels racing in the Kuwaiti desert, 22 December 2007. More than 500 camels were racing either with or without jockeys. Camel Racing is a deep-rooted traditional sport that has its origins in the desert culture of the Arabian

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REUTERSA fishing boat passes in front of the Kuwait City skyline September 11, 2010. REUTERS/Stephanie McGehee (KUWAIT - Tags: CITYSCAPE)

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REUTERSVehicles are seen in a traffic jam at Dohas corniche February 15, 2012. Five years ago, half a dozen cars at a traffic light in Qatars capital Doha would lead to mutterings about how crowded the city was becoming. Now bumper-to-bumper traffic often

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REUTERSTraditional wooden fishing dhows are seen in port overlooking buildings on the Doha skyline April 1, 2012. REUTERS/Fadi Al-Assaad (QATAR - Tags: CITYSPACE MARITIME SOCIETY)