有始以來第一次，全球5萬座發電廠的二氧化碳排放被編入巨大的新資料庫，稱為CARMA（Cabon Monitoing for Action）——碳監控行動。二氧化碳是最主要的溫室氣體來源，發電佔全球排放總量的25%，佔美國總排放的40%，是全球暖化的主要原因。
在此之前，關注氣候變遷問題的人們，一值缺乏特定電廠排放量的資訊，還有擁有這些電廠的公司身份。
這份線上資料庫顯示，CO2排放處在哪裡以及排放了多少溫室氣體。它也顯示哪些公司擁有這些電廠。CARMA線上資料公布於www.CARMA.org。
「CARMA把與電廠有關的CO2排放資料讓全世界的人們知道，」利用公共資訊揭以露減少污染的專家惠勒博士（Dr. Wheeler）表示。
「資訊引領行動，我們知道這對其他類型的污染有效，我們相信也對減少溫室氣體排放有所助益。」
「我們期望機構投資人和私人投資者、保險業者、土地租借者、環境與消費者團體及個別行動者，使用CARMA資料，讓電力公司減少燃燒煤炭和石油，並轉為使用再生能源，例如風力和太陽能，」惠勒表示。
根據統計，為了發電，全球每年排放將近100億噸的CO2。全世界5萬多座的發電廠中，美國擁有超過8000座， 排放總量約佔全部的25%，即28億噸。
CARMA資料庫顯示美國CO2最大的排放來源是南方電力公司（Southern Co.），年排放量1億7200萬噸，緊接在後的是美國電力（American Electric Power Company Inc.）、杜克能源（Duke Energy Corp.）和AES公司。
For the first time, the carbon dioxide emissions of the world's 50,000 power plants, the most concentrated source of greenhouse gases, have been compiled into a massive new database called CARMA - Carbon Monitoring for Action. Power sector emissions account for 25 percent of the global total of carbon dioxide, 40 percent of carbon emissions in the United States, and are a primary cause of global warming.
But until now people concerned about climate change lacked information about the emissions of particular power plants and the identities of the companies that own them.
The online database shows where the CO2 emitters are and how much of the greenhouse gas they are emitting. It also shows which companies own these power plants. The CARMA data is displayed online at: www.CARMA.org.
"CARMA makes information about power-related CO2 emissions transparent to people throughout the world," says Dr. Wheeler, an expert in the use of public information disclosure to reduce pollution.
"Information leads to action," he says. "We know that this works for other forms of pollution and we believe it can work for greenhouse gas emissions, too."
"We expect that institutional and private investors, insurers, lenders, environmental and consumer groups and individual activists will use the CARMA data to encourage power companies to burn less coal and oil and to shift to renewable power sources, such as wind and solar," Dr. Wheeler says.
Globally, power generation emits nearly 10 billion tons of CO2 per year. The United States, with over 8,000 power plants out of the more than 50,000 worldwide, accounts for about 25 percent of that total or 2.8 billion tons.
CARMA data shows that the biggest CO2 emitter in the United States is Southern Co. with annual emissions of 172 million tons, followed by American Electric Power Company Inc., Duke Energy Corp., and AES Corp.
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