Where we rank in carbon emissions

May 26th, 2009 at 07:29am Jennie Pollock

As we look ahead to reduced carbon emissions and better gas mileage in our vehicles in the next decade thanks to the Obama deal last week, AP has released an interactive graphic showing vehicle carbon emissions.

Winnebago County is one of the darker, or heavier, counties on the map with almost 400,000 metric tons in 2002 — 40 percent of the county’s total carbon emissions. But not nearly as bad as most large metro areas.

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