As a Texan I am disgusted but not surprised.

[Maestro]

But hey, when repukes control your state and when they refuse to police the industry, this is what you get. I remember the day, just 12 years ago when I could drive from home to work in the early morning and on clear, sunny days see the skyline of Dallas. A scant two years later I noticed smog creeping in, and now my state is one of the most polluted. And the pasty a$$ repukes who follow the almighty dollar do nothing! Assholes!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070602/ap_on_sc/global_warming_states;_ylt=AtKhFqQVaKvbFwVJdDgH2tEPLBIF

Blame coal: Texas leads carbon emissions

WASHINGTON - America may spew more greenhouse gases than any other country, but some states are astonishingly more prolific polluters than others — and it's not always the ones you might expect.

The Associated Press analyzed state-by-state emissions of carbon dioxide from 2003, the latest U.S. Energy Department numbers available. The review shows startling differences in states' contribution to climate change.

The biggest reason? The burning of high-carbon coal to produce cheap electricity.

_Wyoming's coal-fired power plants produce more carbon dioxide in just eight hours than the power generators of more populous Vermont do in a year.

_Texas, the leader in emitting this greenhouse gas, cranks out more than the next two biggest producers combined, California and Pennsylvania, which together have twice Texas' population.