Map shows top CO2 producers in the world (AP/CNN)

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- There's growing worry about global warming, but how much of it is the work of that power plant just outside town? And if Congress limits heat-trapping greenhouse gases, will it affect utility and electric bills? And who's the biggest corporate culprit when it comes to climate change?

Answers to these questions may be only a couple of computer clicks away.

A new interactive online database unveiled Wednesday provides maps, color-coded categories and detailed information about who is putting 10 billion tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere annually from power plants around the world -- about a fourth of it from the United States.

The Web site, which includes information from 4,000 utilities and 50,000 plants, shows not only the biggest CO2 emitters, but also the facilities and companies that are most green, releasing little if any carbon.

"We're trying to provide complete, balanced information. It's an open site," said David Wheeler, a senior researcher at the Center for Global Development, where he directed the creation of the massive database.
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more: http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/11/15/carbon.map.ap/index.html

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1. Intereresting

that the worst CO2 offenders in the US are in GA, AL, IN, and TX. All are conservative states. Wonder if that is a factor?

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2. Probably notsomuch

Different states trade power with each other, so CO2 outputs per state or per plant can't tell you the whole story.