Coming a few years earlier than expected, China has beaten the US to the Title of no. 1 emitter of CO2.
According to the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, soaring demand for coal to generate electricity and a surge in cement production have helped to push China’s recorded emissions for 2006 beyond those from the US already. It says China produced 6,200m tonnes of CO2 last year, compared with 5,800m tonnes from the US. Britain produced about 600m tonnes.[source]
From CNET.
Category: Greenhouse Gas
