Multiple choice

Which of the following countries/regions is/are the largest source(s) of carbon dioxide emissions from the burning of fossil fuels?

  1. Developing nations

  2. Countries of the former U.S.S.R.

  3. Japan and China

  4. North America
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D Correct answer
Explanation

North America is the largest source of carbon dioxide emissions from the burning of fossil fuels.  North America’s 3,000 fossil fuel-burning power plants continue to produce two-thirds of the region’s electricity and, at the same time, generate the majority of certain harmful air pollutants and emit more greenhouse gases than any other industrial sector. 

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