US greenhouse gas emissions fell by 2.1% in 2019, almost entirely due to less coal-fired power production, data shows
After rising sharply in 2018, US greenhouse gas emissions reversed course and dropped an estimated 2.1% in 2019, according to an analysis of preliminary figures published Tuesday by the Rhodium Group, a private data analytics firm.A 2.1% decline may not seem like much. But the US is the world's second-largest contributor of planet-warming gases, and the reduction seen in 2019 represents an estimated 124 million metric tons of CO2 that were kept out of the atmosphere, the research found.
The bad news?Power generation, which accounts for just one-fourth of overall US emissions, was the only sector of the US economy that significantly cut greenhouse gas emissions in 2019. Emissions from nearly every other sector -- transportation, buildings, industry, agriculture and more -- either stayed roughly flat or rose slightly in 2019, the report found."There are two sides to the coin.
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