These statistics are meaningless. Yes, Russia dropped 35 percent, but I'd
bet their emissions are still 10 times what the US' are. Only absolute
numbers tell the story.
Tom
From: "Nick Taylor" <ntaylor@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Greenhouse gas emission change, 1990-98
> U.S. +11.2%
> Russia -35.4%
> Japan +9.7%
> Germany -15.6%
> Canada +13.2%
> U.K. -8.3%
> France +0.9%
> Italy +4.4%
> Australia +14.5%
> Ukraine -50.5%
> Poland -28.7%
> Spain +21.0%
> Netherlands +8.4%
> Romania -38.1%
>
> -Nick
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