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Big Foot: Eco-footprints of rich dwarf poor nations' debt

The first global accounting finds rich and middle-income nations stomping heavy footprints on poorer ones.

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1. Rich nations' environmental footprints tread heavily on poor countries
   01-21-2008 · EurekAlert!
   UC Berkeley researchers have assessed the financial costs of environmental damage caused by human activities in high-, middle- and low-income nations, and where those costs fall. As expected, the rich nations disproportionately impact poor nations, but the results allows the researchers to estimate the total cost. Altogether, poor nations are burdened by a cost that exceeds what they owe the rich nations.
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2. Wide income gap linked to deaths in both rich and poor nations
   10-23-2007 · EurekAlert!
   A wide income gap between the most affluent and the worst off in society is closely associated with higher death rates worldwide, especially for younger adults, finds a study published on bmj.com today as part of a global theme issue on poverty and human development.
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3. Big footprints
   01-13-2007 · Science News Online
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4. Nanotech promises big things for poor -- but will promises be kept?
   02-27-2007 · EurekAlert!
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5. New research agreement to boost rice production, avoid food shortages in Indonesia
   04-03-2007 · EurekAlert!
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6. Addressing the neglect of childhood hearing impairment in developing countries
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7. Policymakers urged to address concerns about US science and technology workforce
   10-17-2007 · EurekAlert!
   Amidst growing uneasiness around the United States' ability to compete with India, China and other nations, the Commission on Professionals in Science and Technology has issued a report on the state of the nation's STEM workforce and the policy implications surrounding it. Ron Hira, assistant professor of public policy at Rochester Institute of Technology, is the report's lead author of "Policy and the STEM Workforce System."
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   07-27-2007 · EurekAlert!
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9. Climate policy: It's good to be in the 'RED'
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10. Low standards of child well-being linked to greater income inequality
    11-16-2007 · EurekAlert!
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