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The latest pollution numbers, calculated by the Global Carbon Project, a joint venture of the Energy Department and the Norwegian Research Council, show that worldwide carbon dioxide levels are 54 percent higher than the 1990 baseline. The 2011 figures for the biggest polluters: China, up 10 percent to 10 billion tons. United States, down 2 percent to 5.9 billion tons India, up 7 percent to 2.5 billion tons. Russia, up 3 percent to 1.8 billion tons. Japan, up 0.4 percent to 1.3 billion tons. Germany, down 4 percent to 0.8 billion tons. Iran, up 2 percent to 0.7 billion tons. South Korea, up 4 percent to 0.6 billion tons. Canada, up 2 percent to 0.6 billion tons. South Africa, up 2 percent to 0.6 billion tons.
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