Coronavirus causes largest U.S. greenhouse gas emissions drop since World War Two
U.S. greenhouse gas emissions fell 10.3% in 2020, the largest drop in emissions in the post-World War II era, as the coronavirus crippled the economy, according to a report released Tuesday by the Rhodium Group. The drop means that the United States would outperform its pledge made under the Copenhagen climate accord to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 17% below 2005 levels by 2020. President Donald Trump withdrew the United States from the Par…
US greenhouse gas emissions fell 10% in 2020 as Covid curbed travel
But emissions reductions came at huge cost and will likely rebound as vaccines are distributed, authors of report sayPlanet-heating emissions in the US fell by more than 10% in 2020, a record drop generated by extraordinary reductions in travel and industrial activity in the teeth of the coronavirus pandemic, new figures show.The historic jolt to American life, which has resulted in more than 375,000 deaths and a huge spike in joblessness, cause…