Australia is the world's dirtiest country June 28 2004 at 05:57AM Sydney - Australia pumps out more of the greenhouse gases that cause global warming than France or Italy, a recent study concludes. In fact, on a per capita basis, Australia is a worse polluter than the United States, a report from rich country group the OECD shows. Australians emit 27,2 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent per person per year, a figure far higher than the Americans' 21,4 tons and more than double the average for rich countries. The main reason Australia is such a dirty country is its reliance...