Blame Coal: Texas Leads Carbon Emissions

June 2, 2007 By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer Blame Coal: Texas Leads Carbon Emissions (AP)

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., right, looks toward a photo of an iceberg, as Rep. Edward Markey, D-Mass., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, June 1, 2007, to discuss global warming. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

(AP) -- America may spew more greenhouse gases than any other country, but some states are astonishingly more prolific polluters than others - and it's not always the ones you might expect.

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