The figures come from The Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2012 report, a UN Environment Program backed study that has tracked the finance flowing into green energy across the world since 2004.

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Six-year-old Samantha had long flowing brown hair, big green eyes and a happy disposition.

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From Finse, the train descends into the valleys of western Norway, with rich green farmland and flowing rivers, masked and revealed by thick stands of pine trees that blur as the train hurtles by.

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Green groups are concerned that runoff from the mining operations is flowing into the lagoons and waters which support the reef, threatening their currently pristine state.

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Congestion is indeed a big problem, but it must not be allowed to mask the seriousness of free-flowing traffic's contribution to pollution, climate change and the erosion of green spaces.

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