Cook County Third Biggest CO2 Emitter
Cook County was ranked the third biggest emitter of carbon dioxide in a study funded by the US Department of Energy and NASA. The top ten, in million tons of CO2 per year:
- Harris, Texas (Houston), 18.625
- Los Angeles, Calif. (Los Angeles), 18.595
- Cook, Ill. (Chicago), 13.209
- Cuyahoga, Ohio (Cleveland), 11.144
- Wayne, Mich. (Detroit), 8.270
- San Juan, N.M. (Farmington), 8.245
- Santa Clara, Calif. (San Jose), 7.995
- Jefferson, Ala. (Birmingham), 7.951
- Wilcox, Ala. (Camden), 7.615
- East Baton Rouge, La. (Baton Rouge), 7.322
That's a carbon dioxide emissions map, right, and if you click on it, you can see the super-high-res version that's 100 times more detailed than previous maps.
The list is part of the Vulcan Project, which tries to quantify North American fossil fuel emissions more precisely. [More on Vulcan, Reuters]
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