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We're No. 2!

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The United States is No. 1 in a lot of categories, but there's one less thing this morning. China is now the world's top emitter of carbon dioxide. That's according to a report from the Dutch government. And we can probably expect China to increase its lead heading forward. Recently the Chinese government said it's too early to talk of caps since economic development is its top priority.

Comments (1)

charley:

While it makes a great headline that China is No. 1 emitter of carbon dioxide, but China has lot more people than U.S. I think on average per person U.S is still #1 carbon dioxide emitter in the world by far.


Posted by charley | June 20, 2007 9:28 AM PT


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