List of countries by carbon dioxide emissions

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This is a list of sovereign states by carbon dioxide emissions due to human activity. The data presented below corresponds to emissions in 2004. The data itself was collected in 2007 by the CDIAC for United Nations. The data considers only carbon dioxide emissions from the burning of fossil fuels, but not emissions from deforestation, and fossil fuel exporters, etc.

These statistics are rapidly dated due to huge recent growth of emissions in Asia. The United States is the 10th largest emitter of carbon dioxide emissions per capita as of 2004. According to preliminary estimates, since 2006 China has had a higher total emission due to its much larger population and an increase of emissions from power generation. China is the 91st largest emitter of carbon dioxide emissions per capita as of 2004.

Some dependencies and territories whose independence has not been generally recognized are also included, as they are in source data.

Certain entities are mentioned here for purposes of comparison. These are indicated in italics and are not counted in the ordering of sovereign states. (See also: carbon cycle)

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Humanity would need five Earths to create the resources needed if everyone lived as like Americans, a report has stated

Mankind using Earth's resources at alarming rate

Space & Earth / Environment

created 10 hours ago | popularity 2.8 / 5 (9) | comments 11

Humanity would need five Earths to produce the resources needed if everyone lived as profligately as Americans, according to a report issued Tuesday.


Is global warming unstoppable?

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (28) | comments 26

In a provocative new study, a University of Utah scientist argues that rising carbon dioxide emissions - the major cause of global warming - cannot be stabilized unless the world's economy collapses or society builds the ...


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Doubts raised on nuclear industry viability

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (21) | comments 19

(PhysOrg.com) -- The investment in nuclear power has been growing around the world over the last few years, being viewed as a means for countries to control their energy security, avoid the price fluctuations ...


Fighting climate change by turning CO2 to stone

Fighting climate change by turning CO2 to stone

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (11) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- While politicians debate the best ways to cut global carbon dioxide emissions, researchers at Idaho National Laboratory's Center for Advanced Energy Studies are charging ahead on a strategy ...


Wind power turbines in Dali, in China's southwestern Yunnan province

China to become 'global leader in green tech'

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created Nov 14, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 6

China can become the world's top exporter of "green technology" if it carries out crucial energy and ecological reforms, leading environmental campaigners said here Saturday.


Cars sit in traffic on a highway

Netherlands to levy 'green' road tax by the kilometre

Technology / Hi Tech

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (5) | comments 8

The Dutch government said Friday it wants to introduce a "green" road tax by the kilometre from 2012 aimed at cutting carbon dioxide emissions by 10 percent and halving congestion.


Health care accounts for 8 percent of US carbon footprint

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The American health care sector accounts for nearly a tenth of the country's carbon dioxide emissions, according to a first-of-its-kind calculation of health care's carbon footprint.


Denmark urges agreement on climate change funds

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created Oct 23, 2009 | popularity 1.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(AP) -- Denmark urged the European Union, the United States and other rich countries to commit to financing for a new climate change deal, saying Friday that billions of dollars are needed.


Director general and CEO of the International Air Transport Association Giovanni Bisignani

Biofuel for commercial flights by 2010: IATA

Technology / Energy

created Oct 23, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) said Friday it would approve biofuels for commercial flights by 2010 in a bid to drastically reduce the industry's carbon footprint.


'Green' research results in new geopolymer concrete technology

'Green' research results in new geopolymer concrete technology

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 29, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (15) | comments 1

Dr. Erez Allouche, assistant professor of civil engineering at Louisiana Tech University and associate director of the Trenchless Technology Center, is conducting innovative research on geopolymer concrete ...


Google Earth Application Maps Carbon's Course

Google Earth Application Maps Carbon's Course

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 21, 2009 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (15) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sometimes a picture really is worth a thousand words, particularly when the picture is used to illustrate science. Technology is giving us better pictures every day, and one of them is helping ...


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Cars running on ethanol can pollute too: Brazil study

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created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (9) | comments 8

Cars running on sugarcane ethanol can produce as many harmful pollutants as those using ordinary petrol (gasoline), according a study published by Brazil's environment ministry.


Failure to tackle climate change spells a global health catastrophe

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created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity 2.4 / 5 (5) | comments 1

An editorial and letter, published simultaneously by the BMJ and Lancet today, warn that failure to agree radical cuts in carbon dioxide emissions at the UN climate change conference in Copenhagen this December spells a glob ...


Ocean acidification: impact on key organisms of oceanic fauna

Ocean acidification: impact on key organisms of oceanic fauna

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 15, 2009 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

In addition to global warming, carbon dioxide emissions cause another, less well-known but equally serious and worrying phenomenon: ocean acidification. Researchers in the Laboratoire d'Océanographie ...


A technician of German automaker Volkswagen's adjusts a mini gas-fired power plant

Home power plants project unveiled in Germany

Technology / Energy

created Sep 09, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (21) | comments 23

An ambitious project was unveiled in Germany on Wednesday to install mini gas-fired power plants in people's basements and produce as much electricity as two nuclear reactors within a year.