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Southeast Asia burns up the ranks of global polluters
2016-01-14 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: As Southeast Asian economies boomed last decade, so did their pollution. The region's emissions of carbon dioxide grew more rapidly between 1990 and 2010 than any other part of the world, with the Asian Development Bank warning the associated global warming could trigger floods, water shortages and economic losses. Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels surged 227 percent in Southeast Asia in the 20-year period, compared with 181 percent in South Asia and 12 percent in North America, the...
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