The 15 Most Polluting Power Companies on Earth

The Carbon Monitoring For Action Web site has Web tools for sorting and mapping data about global warming pollution from power companies around the world.

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Carbon Monitoring for Action, carma.org, a new non-profit group that formed just days ago, has published information about the biggest sources of carbon dioxide in the world.

Carbon dioxide is the most abundant greenhouse gas fueling global warming.

Here's a look at the 15 power companies responsible for the most carbon dioxide emissions. The biggest corporate responsibility reflects the biggest continental responsibility, with Asia leading North America, and the biggest national responsibility, with China and the United States topping the list as near equals.

1. Huaneng Power International, China
2. Eskom, South Africa
3. NTPC Ltd, India
4. China Huadian Group Corp., China
5. China Power Investment Corp., China
6. Southern Co., U.S.
7. American Electric Power Co. Inc., U.S.
8. E.ON AG, Germany
9. North China Grid Co. Ltd., China
10. RWE AG, Germany
11. Datang Intl. Power Gen. Co., China
12. Duke Energy Corp., U.S.
13. AES Corp., U.S.
14. Tennessee Valley Authority, U.S.
15. Datang Intl. Power Gen. Co., China

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