San Francisco Chronicle/Associated Press, 12/2/12. "World heat-trapping pollution rises 3%."
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| Carbon isn't warming the planet? |
"The amount of heat-trapping pollution the world spewed rose again
last year by 3 percent. Scientists say it's now unlikely that global
warming can be limited to 2 degrees, which is an international goal.
The
overwhelming majority of the increase was from China, the world's
biggest carbon dioxide polluter. Of the planet's top 10 polluters, the
United States and Germany were the only countries that reduced their
carbon dioxide emissions.
Last year,
all the world's nations
combined pumped nearly 38.2 billion tons of carbon dioxide into the air
from the burning of fossil fuels such as coal and oil, according to
international calculations on global emissions published Sunday in the
journal Nature Climate Change. That's about a billion tons more than the
previous year."
Most emissions 2011 figures for the biggest polluters: 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. Read more.
Related - Big Sky Carbon, National Geographic, 2007, "Global Warming 101", embedded video, 3:04 minutes. Journal referenced from the article - Nature Climate change, "Focus: Water in a warming world."
Posted by Kathy Meeh
San Francisco Chronicle/Associated Press, 12/2/12. "World heat-trapping pollution rises 3%." 
Last year, all the world's nations
combined pumped nearly 38.2 billion tons of carbon dioxide into the air
from the burning of fossil fuels such as coal and oil, according to
international calculations on global emissions published Sunday in the
journal Nature Climate Change. That's about a billion tons more than the
previous year." 
2 comments:
Too much hot air floating around Pacifica.
Mostly while a city council meeting is taking place.
That's putting it politely.
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