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Carbon emissions per capita, 2020 Carbon emissions per 1000 square miles, 2020. This is a list of U.S. states and territories by carbon dioxide emissions for energy use, [1] [2] as well as per capita [3] [4] and by area.
Calling Puerto Ricans garbage at a political rally is not an isolated incident, it exposes an ugly pattern of bigotry disguised as patriotism. Opinion: I carry Puerto Rico’s pride in my heart ...
Puerto Rico is the 19th-biggest emitter of carbon dioxide among the 33 Latin American and Caribbean countries; its industrial emissions, energy supplies, and transportation are among the main sources of the island's net greenhouse gas emissions. [7] [8] The territory's gross carbon dioxide emissions rose to 80% between 1990 and 2005. [9]
Hinchcliffe joked that Puerto Rico is a “floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean.” AP Photo/Evan Vucci “You have some a—hole calling Puerto Rico ‘floating garbage,’ know ...
Recycling materials waiting to be barged away on the Chicago River Trash and recycle bin at George Bush Intercontinental Airport. Recycling statistics (ca. 2014) [16] with similar numbers as of 2015 [17] An average of approximately 258 million tons of trash is generated by the United States in 2014 34.6% was recycled; 12.8% was combusted for ...
The comedian has come under fire for calling Puerto Rico an "island of garbage." Jon Stewart is coming to the defense of comedian Tony Hinchcliffe after he made racist jokes about Puerto Rico at ...
The North Atlantic garbage patch is a garbage patch of man-made marine debris found floating within the North Atlantic Gyre, originally documented in 1972. [1] A 22-year research study conducted by the Sea Education Association estimates the patch to be hundreds of kilometers across, with a density of more than 200,000 pieces of debris per ...
Those who stayed behind say they often feel like second-class citizens because they can't vote in presidential elections and receive limited federal funding compared with U.S. states. That festering resentment erupted when Trump visited Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria slammed into the island as a powerful Category 4 storm in 2017. He tossed ...