Post by account_disabled on Feb 19, 2024 2:23:23 GMT -5
According to the annual report of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA ) , U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in 2011 were 6.702 billion tons of carbon dioxide equivalent, a decrease of 1.6% from the previous year .
The EPA said in its report that the decline can be attributed to a variety of factors, including reduced emissions from electricity generation, improved vehicle fuel efficiency due to fewer miles driven and year-to-year changes in prevailing weather.
U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks Inventory : 1990-2011 . Tracks annual greenhouse gas emissions at the national level and provides historical emissions. In its cadastral submission to the Secretariat each year , the United Nations Framework Telegram Number Data Convention on Climate Change report also counts carbon dioxide removed from the atmosphere through carbon sequestration in forests, vegetation, soils and other natural processes called carbon sinks . emissions. "
The report said greenhouse gas emissions in 2011 were 6.9% below 2005 levels .
2011 , electricity generation accounted for 33% of greenhouse gas emissions , the largest share of all sources. Emissions from power plants come primarily from burning fossil fuels such as coal and natural gas.
Transportation accounts for the second largest share , accounting for 28% of greenhouse gas emissions . In 2011 , industry produced 20% of greenhouse gas emissions, mostly from burning fossil fuels for energy, but also from the chemical reactions required to produce goods from raw materials.
According to the report , emissions from commercial and residential buildings accounted for 11% of total emissions in 2011 , and agricultural emissions accounted for 8% . In 2011 , managed forests and other lands absorbed more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than they emitted, offsetting 14% of greenhouse gas emissions.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday it would delay finalizing rules limiting greenhouse gas emissions from new power plants and rewrite them to address concerns raised by the power industry.
The agency did not say when the new standards would be released. Rules proposed last March would limit carbon dioxide emissions to 1,000 pounds per megawatt -hour . They were due to be completed last Saturday; last week, White House senior climate adviser Heather Chikal said they would be adopted "in the near future.
The EPA said in its report that the decline can be attributed to a variety of factors, including reduced emissions from electricity generation, improved vehicle fuel efficiency due to fewer miles driven and year-to-year changes in prevailing weather.
U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks Inventory : 1990-2011 . Tracks annual greenhouse gas emissions at the national level and provides historical emissions. In its cadastral submission to the Secretariat each year , the United Nations Framework Telegram Number Data Convention on Climate Change report also counts carbon dioxide removed from the atmosphere through carbon sequestration in forests, vegetation, soils and other natural processes called carbon sinks . emissions. "
The report said greenhouse gas emissions in 2011 were 6.9% below 2005 levels .
2011 , electricity generation accounted for 33% of greenhouse gas emissions , the largest share of all sources. Emissions from power plants come primarily from burning fossil fuels such as coal and natural gas.
Transportation accounts for the second largest share , accounting for 28% of greenhouse gas emissions . In 2011 , industry produced 20% of greenhouse gas emissions, mostly from burning fossil fuels for energy, but also from the chemical reactions required to produce goods from raw materials.
According to the report , emissions from commercial and residential buildings accounted for 11% of total emissions in 2011 , and agricultural emissions accounted for 8% . In 2011 , managed forests and other lands absorbed more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than they emitted, offsetting 14% of greenhouse gas emissions.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday it would delay finalizing rules limiting greenhouse gas emissions from new power plants and rewrite them to address concerns raised by the power industry.
The agency did not say when the new standards would be released. Rules proposed last March would limit carbon dioxide emissions to 1,000 pounds per megawatt -hour . They were due to be completed last Saturday; last week, White House senior climate adviser Heather Chikal said they would be adopted "in the near future.