Amidst the news coming from Bali's climate conference is a message of optimism, and not just for the environment, but for the economy as well. $100 billion -- roughly 18% -- of energy investments went towards renewable energy. According to Management Information Services, the US environmental industry is a rapidly expanding. It now employs 10 times as many people as the pharmaceutical industry.But it's not all roses and participation medals at the conference. The Guardian has put together a cool interactive graph illustrating the carbon emissions of the 20 most polluting countries. Although you probably won't be too surprised who's at the top ( ahem... US ), you might be surprised how narrow their lead is.
Here are the top 10, based on 2005 data -- measured in billions of tons of CO2:
- US -- 5.957
- China -- 5.323
- Russian -- 1.984
- Japan -- 1.230
- India -- 1.166
- Germany -- .844
- Canada -- .631
- UK -- .577
- South Korea -- .500
- Italy -- .467
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