Countries Causing Pollution
Countries Causing Pollution
We all have some role to play in the increase in pollution levels. There are some countries causing Pollution. However some countries have shown more carelessness towards bringing pollution on our globe. They play a bigger part than the others in polluting our beautiful planet. To educate and point out fingers to those countries that have really been cruel towards earth we shall discuss which countries are to be blamed more than the rest of the countries on earth.
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia makes up about 1.3 percent of emission of carbon dioxide. This is not a great number perhaps, but if we consider the small population just less than 29 million living here the percentage of carbon dioxide is certainly alarming. As to many countries, the burning of fossil fuels adds a lot of carbon dioxide to the environment but in Saudi Arabia there is more than simple burning of fossil fuels. They produce about 50 million tons of cement and are also the world’s largest petroleum producer. This has contributed much to the environmental pollution in the country.
Indonesia
With a population of nearly 250 million people , there is a heavy intake of electronic waste and the routine burning of crops for production of pulp, palm oil and paper, Indonesia has quite a hand in production of worldwide pollution. Regarding carbon dioxide production alone, Indonesia accounts for 1.4 percent of carbon dioxide emission at 510,000 kilotons emitted on an annual average. Things were so bad in Indonesia that it has been known to be home for two of the most world’s polluted areas; Kalimantan and Citarum river basin. The continuous haze raised from burning and fire has forced schools to close and even evacuate some areas in Indonesia.
Canada
Like Saudi Arabia the emission of carbon dioxide in Canada is also very high. Moreover, there is industrial pollution in production of road salt and chemicals released from dry clean industry. In regards to prevention, they offer a range of resources for prevention of further damage.
South Korea
Producing 2 percent of the world’s carbon dioxide emission, South Korea has environmental issues of its own. A portion of South Korea’s air pollution comes from China’s arsenic dust. However we cannot say that South Korea is innocent. Residents are advise to wear a protective mask so as to not breathe the polluted air which causes lung cancer.
Germany
Germany is the chief producer of nitrogen dioxide. Moreover there is carbon dioxide produced from fossil fuel consumption. Motor vehicle consume diesel which is another cause of pollution. Recently there has been some drop in the levels of carbon dioxide, which is a good sign.
Japan
Japan’s use of nuclear energy has been a major cause of pollution. It accounts for 4 percent of carbon dioxide pollution.
Russia
5 percent of carbon dioxide emission comes from Russia which did not regard it as something harmless believing that economic advancement is more important than considering harm of pollution. However, in 1990 they went under environmental stress and used upgraded equipment to cut down carbon dioxide emission.
The other countries which are to be named are India, United States of America and China. We all have a hand in polluting our wonderful world. So it is high time we try and safeguard our beautiful planet.