Cook County Third Biggest CO2 Emitter

By Margaret Lyons in News on Apr 18, 2008 6:28PM

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:

1. Harris, Texas (Houston), 18.625
2. Los Angeles, Calif. (Los Angeles), 18.595
3. Cook, Ill. (Chicago), 13.209
4. Cuyahoga, Ohio (Cleveland), 11.144
5. Wayne, Mich. (Detroit), 8.270
6. San Juan, N.M. (Farmington), 8.245
7. Santa Clara, Calif. (San Jose), 7.995
8. Jefferson, Ala. (Birmingham), 7.951
9. Wilcox, Ala. (Camden), 7.615
10. 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]