Climate Central: U.S. carbon dioxide emissions related to energy consumption dropped to their lowest point since 1994 last year, according to a U.S. Energy Information Administration report released Monday afternoon.
The decline of coal as a power source in favor of natural gas in the U.S. is a big part of that decline, the EIA reported.
Natural gas power generation increased by 211.8 billion kilowatt hours in 2012 over 2011, while coal power declined by 215.2 billion kilowatt hours last year.
The EIA reported...