Website Tracks Carbon Emissions Sources

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Climate Connections: Causes
by Kathleen Schalch

NPR.org, November 14, 2007 · Power plants are the biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. They account for 40 percent of the CO2 pumped into the atmosphere. But up until now, it has been difficult to figure out precisely how much is coming from each plant or company.

A new database and Web site make it easy.

The CARMA Web site (it stands for Carbon Monitoring for Action) tracks the carbon emissions of every electricity generator in the United States and throughout the world — 50,000 power plants and 4,000 companies in all. In a few clicks, the site shows each one's emissions — past, present and future — based on existing plants, those under construction and ones on the drawing board.

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