Wednesday, April 19, 2006

America's greenhouse gases

Just so you know.

The United States emitted more greenhouse gases in 2004 than at any time in history, confirming its status as the world's biggest polluter. Latest figures on the US contribution to global warming show that its carbon emissions have risen sharply despite international concerns over climate change.

The figures, which were quietly released on Easter Monday, reveal that net greenhouse gas emissions during 2004 increased by 1.7 per cent on the previous year, equivalent to a rise of 110 million tons of carbon dioxide.

This is the biggest annual increase since 2000 and means that in 2004 - the latest year that full data is available - the US released the equivalent of nearly 6,300 million tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

But there's no such thing as greenhouse gases. Didn't you hear?

Enjoying the near 100 degree weather in Texas,

Professor Pea

helmut said...

Grow them peas while ya still got some water thar.