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U.S. GHG Emissions Lowest Level in 20 Years
2014-04-16 21:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: U.S. greenhouse gas emissions declined 3.4 percent in 2012 from 2011, the Environmental Protection Agency announced Tuesday. Those emissions are down 10 percent from what they were in 2005, the EPA said, and are at their lowest levels since 1994. Most of the decline came from reductions in energy consumption, increased fuel efficiency of cars and other types of transportation, and a shift to natural gas from coal in fueling power plants, the EPA said in a statement. Whether the decline in emissions...
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