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Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Global CO2 emissions continue to increase

Amsterdam, Holland (SPX) Jul 25, 2012
Global emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) - the main cause of global warming - increased by 3% last year, reaching an all-time high of 34 billion tonnes in 2011. In China, the world's most populous country, average emissions of CO2 increased by 9% to 7.2 tonnes per capita. China is now within the range of 6 to 19 tonnes per capita emissions of the major industrialised countries. In the European U

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