Top 10 polluters

December 3, 2012 1:13 am

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The 2011 figures for the biggest polluters as calculated by the Global Carbon Project, a joint venture of the Energy Department and the Norwegian Research Council:

1. China, up 10 percent to 10 billion tons

2. United States, down 2 percent to 5.9 billion tons

3. India, up 7 percent to 2.5 billion tons

4. Russia, up 3 percent to 1.8 billion tons

5. Japan, up 0.4 percent to 1.3 billion tons

6. Germany, down 4 percent to 0.8 billion tons

7. Iran, up 2 percent to 0.7 billion tons

8. South Korea, up 4 percent to 0.6 billion tons

9. Canada, up 2 percent to 0.6 billion tons

10. South Africa, up 2 percent to 0.6 billion tons

-- Associated Press


First Published December 3, 2012 1:12 am

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