Sunday, December 2, 2012

Global pollution 'at all-time high'

Birmingham Post: Global carbon dioxide emissions are set to rise again in 2012 to new record highs, scientists have warned as United Nations talks on tackling climate change continue. Emissions of the most significant greenhouse gas from burning fossil fuels are projected to have risen by 2.6% on last year's levels to a high of 35.6 billion tonnes, analysis from the Global Carbon Project shows. This year's carbon emissions will be 58% above levels in 1990, the baseline year for the original Kyoto Protocol which...

URL: http://www.birminghampost.net/news/uk-news/2012/12/02/global-pollution-at-all-time-high-65233-32349861/

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