US leads the world in the reduction of CO2 over the most recent decade (2010-2020)

From Mark Perry.

[the chart below] "displays an important, but frequently overlooked downward trend in US CO2 emissions that started in 2007 and brought emissions to the lowest level last year since 1983. For that dramatic drop in CO2 emissions to a 37-year low, we can thank hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling which facilitated the increasing substitution of clean natural gas for coal as the main fuel source for the nation’s electric power."

[the chart below] "is also an important, but frequently overlooked energy fact — the US leads the world in the reduction of CO2 over the most recent decade (2010-2020) for which data are available. As above, for that “greening” of America, we can thank the revolutionary technologies of fracking and horizontal drilling, which have accessed oceans of previously inaccessible natural gas beneath the ground in US states like Pennslyvania, Texas, Louisiana and Alaska. Ten years ago coal was the fuel source for 42% of America’s electricity while natural gas provided only 24.7%. Last year, natural gas provided 40.5% of the nation’s electricity compared to coal’s share of less than 20%."