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The US is no longer number one emitter of carbon dioxide, having been overtaken by China in these latest figures. But when did it happen?
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Which country is number one in carbon emissions? Up until very recently, it was the US – now, it is indisputedly China, as shown by this data.
These are the latest figures – up to 2007 – from the respected US Energy Information Administration. This has (literally) every country in the world on it and its emissions going back to 1980 — plus we’ve put on some handy percentage change data and ranking information.
The curious thing is, we’ve been here before. Last year we reported that China had overtaken the US in 2006. But if you look at the figures below, the change now appears to have happened in 2007. What’s going on?