World carbon dioxide emissions data by country: China speeds ahead of the rest

World carbon emissions by country data is out. See how the US has gone down in CO2 production - and who has gone up

COMMENT:  China is the largest emitter of CO2 in the world.  The U.S. has declined for the last 2 years.  It's impossible for the U.S. to stop the spread of CO2 by ourselves.  Delaware, with less than 1/10,000 of one percent of world population, can obviously have no influence.

 World carbon dioxide emissions are one way of measuring a country's economic growth too.

And the latest figures - published by the respected Energy Information Administration - show CO2 emissions from energy consumption - the vast majority of Carbon Dioxide produced.

READ MORE:  http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2011/jan/31/world-carbon-dioxide-emissions-country-data-co2