Guess Which State Is The Biggest Polluter

[sonias]

This is on the front page of Huffington Post right now. It shouldn't be too hard to guess for those of us in Texas. We're number 1! :(

Huffington Post 2/23/11
U.S. State CO2 Emissions: Top 10 Polluters From Power Plants In 2010 (PHOTOS)

Carbon dioxide emissions from power plants rose in 2010 by over 5% -- this is the biggest annual increase since the EPA started tracking emissions in 1995. In part, this increase can be explained by warmer weather and a recovering economy. But the statistics are worrisome. 2010 was one of the hottest years ever recorded, and while in 2010 coal-fired boilers accounted for 45% of U.S. electricity, they were reportedly responsible for 81% of CO2 emissions from electricity generation.

A recent study released by The Environmental Integrity Project has listed the 10 states whose power plants emitted the most CO2 in 2010, based on EPA data. Did your state manage to dodge the list?

We're always very high in the rankings of very bad things. :(

[white cloud]

1. Joe Barton

Did apologize?

[sonias]

3. Joe Barton is doing a happy dance

Everyone of those polluters slips money in his back pocket. He doesn't care if the air in Texas is polluted. He doesn't breath it anyway. :grr:

[plumbob]

2. We're #1! We're #1! We're #1! We're #1! We're #1! We're #1!

Oscar Wilde said it best - The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.




Or, am I missing something here?



Yeah, I know.

[sonias]

4. You might be missing a pair of healthy lungs

Yeah I know, sarcasm is all we have left.

:shrug:

[NoPasaran]

5. In your FACE Alaska!

Biggest state my ass!

[sonias]

6. They didn't even make the Top Ten

:P

They're doing it wrong.

[MicaelS]

7. Not a bit surpised....lots of coal power plants in Texas...n/t

[Melissa G]

8. Yeah... the myth of clean coal. n/t