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Published online 20 June 2007 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news070618-9
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China tops CO2 emissions
Developing nation overtakes America, and is set to rise.
China has overtaken the United States as the world's top annual emitter of carbon dioxide, according to a report from the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency.
How did that happen?
The figures show that China's boom in the number of coal power plants to feed the country's growing energy needs took them to a very close second behind the United States in emissions from fossil fuels in 2006.
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