Southern victory

An American power company with close financial links to President George Bush has been named as one of the world's top producers of global warming pollution...

A single Southern Company plant in Juliette, Georgia already emits more carbon dioxide annually that Brazil's entire power sector...

...Southern, which earned $14.4bn in revenues in 2006, is using its influence to block the introduction of wind, solar, biomass and other renewable energy sources on the grounds that it would eat into its profits.

Haley Barbour, one of the main lobbyists for Southern Co when President Bush took office, played a crucial role in persuading him to back away from his original campaign promise to reduce CO2 emissions when he first ran for president in 2000...

....The detailed breakdown of the worst polluters comes in the form of an on-line database [CARMA], compiled by the Center for Global Development.

-- from Leonard Doyle (US power company linked to Bush is named in database as a top polluter, The Independent).