Top 20 U.S. Counties by Annual Carbon Emissions
Source: Clean Tech Law & Business

The residents of Camden County, Alabama spend a larger share of their paycheck on gasoline than residents of any other county in the United States. The average household in Camden County earns $26,000 every year, or roughly half the national average. Combined with long daily commutes for most residents, Camden County has placed first for the second year in a row, spent a higher portion of their income on gas than anyone else in the country, according to a new study from the Oil Price Information Service, a research firm that tracks data for AAA. In Camden, drivers put 13% of every paycheck right into the gas tank. In wealthy towns around New York City, people spend less than 2% of their income on gas. Ironically, despite the high gas prices, the state of Alabama has the highest carbon emissions from power plants in the country, producing over 28 million tons of CO2 each year. And yet, not even Alabama can compete with the insanely high emissions in Wyoming, which has the highest per capita emissions at the state level.

Now, for the first time, a new study by the Vulcan Project has pinned down carbon emissions at the county level, providing a far more granular view of carbon emissions at the local level.

Hat tip: RE

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