Post by shakhar23 on Feb 27, 2024 1:17:37 GMT -6
According to the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) annual report, greenhouse gas emissions in the United States in 2011 were 6,702,000 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent, down 1.6 percent from the previous year.
The drop can be attributed to a variety of factors, including reductions in emissions from electricity generation, improvements in vehicle fuel efficiency from fewer miles driven and year-over-year changes in prevailing weather, the Environmental Protection Agency said in its report.
Inventory of greenhouse gas emissions and sinks in the United Saudi Arabia Mobile Number List States: 1990-2011. tracks annual greenhouse gas emissions at the national level and presents historical emissions. The inventory, which is submitted annually to the Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, also calculates CO2 emissions that are removed from the atmosphere through carbon sequestration by forests, vegetation, soils and other natural processes called “carbon sinks.” "
Greenhouse gas emissions in 2011 were 6.9 percent below 2005 levels, according to the report.
Electricity generation contributed 33 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in 2011, the largest share of any source. Power plant emissions mainly come from burning fossil fuels such as coal and natural gas.
Transportation accounts for the next largest share, accounting for 28 percent of greenhouse gas emissions. Industry produced 20 percent of GHG emissions in 2011, mainly from burning fossil fuels for energy, but also emissions from some chemical reactions needed to produce goods from raw materials.
Commercial and residential buildings produced 11 percent and agriculture produced 8 percent of emissions in 2011, according to the report. Managed forests and other lands that absorb more CO2 from the atmosphere than they emit offset 14 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in 2011.
The Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday that it will delay finalizing rules limiting greenhouse gas emissions from new power plants and rewrite rules to address concerns raised by the electric utility industry.
The agency did not say when the new standards would be released. Rules proposed last March would have limited CO2 emissions to 1,000 pounds per MWh. They were scheduled to be completed last Saturday; Last week, top White House climate adviser Heather Zikal said they would be adopted in the “not too distant future.
The drop can be attributed to a variety of factors, including reductions in emissions from electricity generation, improvements in vehicle fuel efficiency from fewer miles driven and year-over-year changes in prevailing weather, the Environmental Protection Agency said in its report.
Inventory of greenhouse gas emissions and sinks in the United Saudi Arabia Mobile Number List States: 1990-2011. tracks annual greenhouse gas emissions at the national level and presents historical emissions. The inventory, which is submitted annually to the Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, also calculates CO2 emissions that are removed from the atmosphere through carbon sequestration by forests, vegetation, soils and other natural processes called “carbon sinks.” "
Greenhouse gas emissions in 2011 were 6.9 percent below 2005 levels, according to the report.
Electricity generation contributed 33 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in 2011, the largest share of any source. Power plant emissions mainly come from burning fossil fuels such as coal and natural gas.
Transportation accounts for the next largest share, accounting for 28 percent of greenhouse gas emissions. Industry produced 20 percent of GHG emissions in 2011, mainly from burning fossil fuels for energy, but also emissions from some chemical reactions needed to produce goods from raw materials.
Commercial and residential buildings produced 11 percent and agriculture produced 8 percent of emissions in 2011, according to the report. Managed forests and other lands that absorb more CO2 from the atmosphere than they emit offset 14 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in 2011.
The Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday that it will delay finalizing rules limiting greenhouse gas emissions from new power plants and rewrite rules to address concerns raised by the electric utility industry.
The agency did not say when the new standards would be released. Rules proposed last March would have limited CO2 emissions to 1,000 pounds per MWh. They were scheduled to be completed last Saturday; Last week, top White House climate adviser Heather Zikal said they would be adopted in the “not too distant future.