Tuesday, June 14, 2005

Global Warming: The US Contribution in Figures

  • The United States constitutes 4 per cent of the world population
  • It is responsible for a quarter of all carbon dioxide emissions - an average of 40,000 pounds of carbon dioxide is released by each US citizen every year - the highest of any country in the world, and more than China, India and Japan combined
  • Americans use 50 million tons of paper annually - consuming more than 850 million trees
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