CARMA: Tracking CO2 Emitting Power Plants

A new site, Carbon Monitoring for Action (CARMA), tracks the highest CO2 emitting power plants in the world and hosts a google mash up for you to explore the data. CARMA is produced and financed by the Confronting Climate Change Initiative at the Center for Global Development, an independent and non-partisan think tank located in Washington, DC.

They say:
“We are pleased to announce the launch of the Carbon Monitoring for Action database at www.carma.org. CARMA provides the world’s most detailed and comprehensive information on carbon emissions resulting from the production of electricity. Power sector emissions make up 25% of the global total, 40% of carbon emissions in the United States, and are a primary cause of global warming. CARMA is a product of the Confronting Climate Change Initiative at the Center for Global Development, an independent and non-partisan think tank located in Washington, DC.”

And, according to their new study, Center for Global Development determines that Australian power plants produce more carbon dioxide emissions per person each year than the United States, and almost five times as much as China.

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