In 2019, it was estimated that U.S. greenhouse gas emissions had decreased from the previous year. This decline was largely due to decreased coal consumption. In 2019, compared to the previous year, it was estimated that emissions in the U.S. power sector dropped by 166 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent.
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Rhodium Group. (January 7, 2020). Annual change in greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. from 2017 to 2019, by sector (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/914479/change-in-greenhouse-gas-emissions-by-sector-us/
Rhodium Group. "Annual change in greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. from 2017 to 2019, by sector (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)." Chart. January 7, 2020. Statista. Accessed August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/914479/change-in-greenhouse-gas-emissions-by-sector-us/
Rhodium Group. (2020). Annual change in greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. from 2017 to 2019, by sector (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/914479/change-in-greenhouse-gas-emissions-by-sector-us/
Rhodium Group. "Annual Change in Greenhouse Gas Emissions in The U.S. from 2017 to 2019, by Sector (in Million Metric Tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent)." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Jan 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/914479/change-in-greenhouse-gas-emissions-by-sector-us/
Rhodium Group, Annual change in greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. from 2017 to 2019, by sector (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/914479/change-in-greenhouse-gas-emissions-by-sector-us/ (last visited August 25, 2024)
Annual change in greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. from 2017 to 2019, by sector (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) [Graph], Rhodium Group, January 7, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/914479/change-in-greenhouse-gas-emissions-by-sector-us/