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Dubious Distinction

India will become the third-largest emitter of carbon dioxide by 2015

By LIFS December 3, 2007 at 9:48 AM
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India will become the third-largest emitter of carbon dioxide by 2015, according to the International Energy Agency.

"India and China will account for around 45 per cent of the increase in global primary energy demand through 2030, when the world's energy needs are expected to be well over 50 per cent higher than they are today," the IEA said in a statement.

 
The 2007 World Energy Outlook projects that China will overtake the United States as the world's biggest emitter of carbon dioxide this year, warning, "We need to act now to bring about a radical shift in investment in favor of cleaner, more efficient and more secure energy technologies." 

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