Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Greenhouse gases near record 39.6 million tons in 2013


Smoke stacks and exhaust pipes around the world are blasting greenhouse gas emissions to a new record annual high. They should break 39 million tons this year.

But there's also some good news, a new study published Tuesday said. The rate at which people are polluting the air may be leveling off.

In the West, emissions contributing to global warming even dropped last year.

The United States pumped 3.7% less carbon dioxide into the air in 2012 than in the previous year; Europe 1.8% less.

See full Article: http://edition.cnn.com/2013/11/19/world/greenhouse-gases/index.html?hpt=hp_t3