Where Does Your Power Plant Rank?

For the first time in the history of power plants, the CO2 emissions of 50,000 power plants worldwide have been compiled into a massive new data base called Carbon Monitoring for Action or CARMA. The Center for Global Development (CGD) completed the arduous task of carrying out CARMA. CGD lays out exactly where the CO2 emitters are and how much of the greenhouse gas they are casting into the atmosphere. The database and its website, www.CARMA.org, rank individual power plants and plot each of their locations by latitude and longitude. The data for total power-related emissions can be displayed by cities, states or provinces, and countries.
"CARMA makes information about power-related CO2 emissions transparent to people throughout the world," says Dr. Wheeler, an expert in the use of public information disclosure to reduce pollution. "Information leads to action. We know that this works for other forms of pollution and we believe it can work for greenhouse gas emissions, too."
The website is very informative of each individual plant. I wasn't very shocked to find a power plant close to my home. -I live in New Jersey, Yeah.- But I was surprised to see how many tons of carbon it releases into the atmosphere and compare that number to others in the world. Check out the site, post your thoughts, see where your power plant ranks. Source.