CO2 emissions booming, shifting east, researchers report

Courtesy ORNL News  Tue, 09/23/2008 - 23:00

Despite widespread concern about climate change, annual carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels and manufacturing cement have grown 38 percent since 1992, from 6.1 billion tons of carbon to 8.5 billion tons in 2007.


 

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