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In 2017, US had largest decline in CO2 emissions in the world for 9th time this century
From Mark Perry.
"From the June 2018 BP Statistical Review of Global Energy (67th edition) here are some details on C02 emissions in 2017:
1. Global CO2 emissions from energy in 2017 grew by 1.6% (and 426.4 million tons, see data here), rebounding from the stagnant volumes during 2014-2016, and faster than the 10-year average of 1.3%.
2. Declines in CO2 emissions in 2017 were led by the US
(-0.5% and 42 million tons, see chart above). This is the ninth time in
this century that the US has had the largest decline in emissions in
the world. This also was the third consecutive year that emissions in
the US declined, though the fall was the smallest over the last three
years.
3. Carbon emissions from energy use from the US are the lowest since
1992, the year that the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change (UNFCCC) came into existence. The next largest decline was in
Ukraine (-10.1% and 28.1 tons).
4. The largest increase in carbon emissions in 2017 came from China
(1.6% and 119 tons), a reversal from the past three years when the
largest increases in emissions came from India. China’s emissions in
2017 were 0.3% higher than the previous peak in 2014. China has had the
world’s largest increments in carbon emission every year this century
except in four years – 2000 and between 2014-16. The next highest
increment came from India where emissions rose by 4.4% (93.2 million
tons, see chart), though lower than its 10-year average (6% p.a.).
5. Together, China and India accounted for nearly half (212.2 million
tons) of the increase in global carbon emissions (426.4 million tons).
EU emissions were also up (1.5% and 42.4 million tons, see chart) with
just Spain accounting for 44% of the increase in EU emissions. Among
other EU members, UK and Denmark reported the lowest carbon emissions in
their history.
MP: For that impressive “greening” of America, we
can thank the underground oceans of America’s natural gas that are now
accessible because of the revolutionary, advanced drilling and
extraction technologies of hydraulic fracturing and
horizontal/directional drilling, and are increasingly displacing coal
for the nation’s electricity generation."
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