Carbon Emissions Rising

[Click on title to read full item]  The New York Times reported on Sunday, December 4, 2011, that global emissions of carbon dioxide from fossil-fuel burning jumped last year by the largest amount on record.  Emissions rose by 5.9% in 2010, according to an analysis released Sunday by the Global  Carbon Project, an international scientific collaboration tracking the numbers.  The United States, the second-largest emitter of greenhouse gases after China, saw a 4% rise in emissions with China’s increase being 10.4%.  These new figures come at the time of climate talks among delegates of 191 counties in Durban, South Africa.