Top 10 most polluting Countries in the world that's who most CO2 emitted

Which country emits as much carbon dioxide? After the various international conferences on climate and in anticipation of Rio + 20, the answer to this question has become a political issue, environmental and, above all, economic.


Here is a list of the 10 most polluting countries. No surprise: the world's largest economies, including in the G8, for instance, can be found at the top of the standings based on a search of the Center for information and analysis on u.s. Carbon dioxide .

Top 10 most polluting Countries Places in the world

10. SAUDI ARABIA
Carbon dioxide emissions in Saudi in 2010 totaled 493726 tons. It is one of the most economically developed countries in the Middle East. Its industries of oil and natural gas and the transport sector are the main causes of air pollution. Recently Prince Bandar Abdulrahman Al-Saud, a nephew of the King, made a discovery that, if confirmed, would be a concrete solution to the problem. He has indeed found some rocks, very common in Arabia, able to absorb air pollution and water. These ancient stones would be able to form an element called "activated charcoal" that, if it worked, it becomes extremely porous. This allows it to absorb more material, which could be represented by common carbon into the air, or from chemicals that pollute the waters, in such a way as to reduce, by wrapping them.

9. CANADA
The Canada is at this time in the spotlight for the speech of the tar sands, which is why the country is even released this year by the kyoto protocol. Jean-Michel Cousteau, son of the Explorer Jacques Cousteau, also recently reignited worries about the pollutants in Canada that would be the cause of the increase in cases of cancer among some mammals, notably among the beluga. Contamination by pollutants in some mammals is really worrisome. In fact, carbon dioxide emissions in the country in 2010 totaled 518475 tons. As early as 1980, the New York Times had reported the possible link between the industrial waste and the cancer deaths of some beluga from the St. Lawrence River Great Lakes tributary.

8. KOREA
The oil pollution is a form of environmental contamination caused by crude oil, or more generally from the hydrocarbons that make up. This phenomenon can affect the air, soil, and with greater frequency and severity. It is precisely the great scourge of Korea, where carbon dioxide emissions in 2010 totaled 563126 tons. The heavy traffic and industrial pollution have led the Korean Government to take stringent ecological measures, particularly as regards the fight against smog and water pollution. As A result of these measures, the situation has improved, but remains very problematic.

7. IRAN
In Iran the single city of Ahvaz, famous for oil wells, produces a third of the country's total pollution, where carbon dioxide emissions in 2010 totaled 574667 tons . The Iran has the third largest oil reserve in the world and the second gas nature reserve, the largest in the world. No wonder then the extreme pollution of the surrounding air. The capital Tehran is victim of smog to the point that he had recently "close to pollution", crossing for a week the doors of schools, offices and businesses. The city's hospitals are also a growing increase in patients with respiratory problems.

6. GERMANY
To cope with the dramatic situation of the last years (carbon dioxide emissions in 2010 totaled 762543 tons ), Germany has recently inaugurated a plant that removes, sotterrandole, Co2 emissions resulting from the combustion of coal, a major source of energy in the country. It is also engaged in the forefront in the development of renewable energies from photovoltaics and wind power.

5. JAPAN
Greenhouse gas emissions of Japan care about everyone, first the Japanese Government that it risks not being able to reach the objectives set by the Kyoto Protocol. The land of the rising sun, with its 1138432 tons of carbon dioxide emissions, will fail to eliminate the harmful emission, as had been proposed, by 2050. In fact the industrial groups, the main cause of pollution, strongly oppose any Government initiative aimed at improving air quality.

4. RUSSIA
In Russia still swarm in chemical weapons built during World War II. It is also located right here the largest complex of disposal of heavy metals in the world. The massive carbon emissions (1688688 tonnes) led to an overall increase of level of contamination of the blood of children: today it exceeds 20% of the maximum limit allowed in the United States.

3. INDIA
In India's carbon dioxide emissions in 2010 totaled 2069738 tons. Wasted tanning skins contaminates the water fund, from which dangerous fumes chromium leave (perhaps you recall in the film Erin Brockovich, Julia Roberts), which causes the water in contact with the skin, creating troublesome reactions similar to those caused by insect bites.

2. USA
Despite legislation passed in recent years, pollution levels in the United States are still quite high compared to those in Europe (5492170 tons of carbon dioxide emissions). In the United States the maximum fine for the discharge of toxic waste is 25000 dollars, an expense that many big industries can afford to support, without being forced to take measures to reduce polluting facilities.

1. CHINA
In many Chinese cities, residents literally collide with sheets of smog (8240958 tons of carbon dioxide emissions) when returning from work in the evening. This is without any doubt the State with the highest rate of pollution in the world. Chinese economic growth has created high-impact changes typical of Western consumption. The growth model, therefore, implies that millions of people each year use the car to get around the city and consume little recyclable products in droves.