| Associated Press: When it comes to their role in causing global warming, Californians can feel slightly less guilty than most Americans. The average Californian generates fewer carbon dioxide emissions–the main heat-trapping gas blamed for warming the planet–than residents in all other states but Idaho, Vermont and Rhode Island, according to an Associated Press analysis of data from 2003, the latest U.S. Energy Department numbers available. California ranks second in total carbon emissions, ... |