New Delhi - World's two fastest growing economies, China and India, have earned the dubious distinction of being home to some of the biggest polluting firms across the globe, according to a list published by Carbon Monitoring for Action (CARMA), a product of the Confronting Climate Change Initiative at the Center for Global Development, an independent think-tank located in Washington, DC.
In the top ten list, Eskom (214 million tons) of South Africa has grabbed the second spot.
China's Huaneng Power International (292 million tons) rates as the world's worst polluter while India's state-run National Thermal Power Corporation or NTPC (182 million tons) occupies the third position worldwide in terms of carbon dioxide (CO2) emission.
China's Huadian Group Corporation, China Power Investment Corporation and North China Grid Co. Ltd., all of which are supporting the blistering pace of China's economic growth, occupy fourth, fifth and ninth positions respectively.
